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Abstract
The authors argue that the moral predicament facing nurses is their not being free to be moral because they are deprived of the free exercise of moral agency. Two occurrences are needed for nurses to be free to be moral: (1) the emergence of a strong sense of professional autonomy for nurses and (2) a shift in the locus of accountability from other health care professionals to the patient. The direction urged is to view nursing ethics as reform ethics.Entities:
Keywords: Bioethics and Professional Ethics
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3079986 DOI: 10.1097/00012272-198601000-00010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ANS Adv Nurs Sci ISSN: 0161-9268 Impact factor: 1.824