NU02.03 Ethical Decision Making

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Korean nursing students' ethical problems and ethical decision making.

This Korean study replicated a previously published American study. The conceptual framework and method combined ethical enquiry and phenomenology. The research questions were: (1) What is nursing students' experience of ethical problems involving nursing practice? and, (2) What is nursing students' experience of using an ethical decision-making model? The participants were 97 senior baccalaure...

Analyzing Ethical Decision Making in Marketing

Marketing ethics has been receiving increased research attention, particularly within the past 10 years. One area of interest in the topic has been development of models, or frameworks, for analyzing ethical decision making in marketing. Few of the models have been tested empirically. In addition, the existing frameworks suffer from certain limitations. This article presents an alternate approa...

Ethical decision-making in obstetrics and gynecology.

Physicians vary widely in their familiarity with ethical theories and methods and their sensitivity toward ethical issues. It is important for physicians to improve their skills in addressing ethical questions. Obstetrician–gynecologists who are familiar with the concepts of medical ethics will be better able to approach complex ethical situations in a clear and structured way. By considering t...

Ethical decision making by British general practitioners.

General practitioners in England and Wales were sent a questionnaire asking how they would handle the ethical problems posed by six case vignettes and their reasons for their decisions. The ethical problems included: how much information to divulge to patients, how extensively a physician should become involved in the lifestyles of patients and how to deal with a possible family problem. The va...