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This book provides the knowledge, insight, strategies, and encouragement necessary for developing moral courage in health care practice, even in the face of adversity.
Lachman outlines both personal and organizational strategies to help nurses, physicians, physical therapists, and health care leaders develop moral courage, and face difficult ethical challenges in health care practice and management head-on. Lachman presents numerous, real-life case examples to illustrate skills and opportunities for developing moral courage in the workplace. Also included are tips for executives on how to develop their ethical leadership skills.
Key features:
* Presents guidelines for developing moral courage for organization leaders as well as for individual practitioners
* Discusses topics of critical concern to nurses and physicians, including patient autonomy, informed consent, and the importance of truth-telling
* Highlights pressing issues for health care leaders, including the uninsured in America, managing disruptive practitioners, and promoting patient safety
* Includes guidelines for "standing up and speaking out" against unethical practices
* Reiterates "Key Points to Remember" at the end of each chapter
- Author/Editor: Lachman, Vicki D.
- ISBN/ISSN: 9780826110893
- Specialty: Issues & Trends in Nursing
- Language:English
- Edition: 1st
- Pages: 288
- Illustrations: 0
- Year: 2009
