Abstract
Highlights
• Provides a critical discussion of ethics teaching arguing that it must recognise begin to recognise frameworks from outside the Anglo-European tradition.
• Drawing on examples of care failure, racism and sexism, argues that there is evidence that some nurses struggle to practice in accordance with ethical guidance.
• Identifies intersectionality, the culture of practice and moral courage as fundamental to enabling nurses to practice in accordance with ethical guidance
• Presents a case for an approach to applied approach ethics education, which recognises the complexity and diversity of practice.
• Provides a critical discussion of ethics teaching arguing that it must recognise begin to recognise frameworks from outside the Anglo-European tradition.
• Drawing on examples of care failure, racism and sexism, argues that there is evidence that some nurses struggle to practice in accordance with ethical guidance.
• Identifies intersectionality, the culture of practice and moral courage as fundamental to enabling nurses to practice in accordance with ethical guidance
• Presents a case for an approach to applied approach ethics education, which recognises the complexity and diversity of practice.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 98-100 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Nurse Education Today |
| Volume | 62 |
| Early online date | 29 Dec 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2018 |
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Ion, R., DeSouza, R., & Kerin, T. (2018). Teaching ethics: intersectionality, care failure and moral courage. Nurse Education Today, 62, 98-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.12.023