Questions éthiques et juridiques dans le secteur des soins infirmiers au Canada, 5 édition

Prepare for practice with this essential text focusing on Canadian legal and ethical issues! Focusing exclusively on the constantly evolving and often complex health care environment in Canada, Ethical and Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing, 5th Edition expertly examines the often-intertwined ethical and legal issues faced by health care professionals today.

This edition includes discussions of Indigenous legal and ethical perspectives, legal and ethical challenges related to SARS-CoV-2, Next Generation NCLEX (NGN®) case studies, and much more. In addition, the clear and straightforward writing style presents information in a way that reflects what you will encounter in your everyday practice, ensuring that you are even better prepared to make an impact from the very beginning!

Key Features

• UPDATED! This fully revised and expanded edition covers the most important ethical and legal topics concerning vulnerable populations, Indigenous peoples (including the Joyce Echaquan Inquiry Report), refugees, and 2SLGBTQI+ people, as well as emerging technologies and telemedicine, the evolving scopes of practice for different categories of nurses, medical assistance in dying (MAID), and much more.
• NEW! Coverage of Indigenous legal and ethical perspectives, including Indigenous ways of knowing and understanding related to health, health care, and decision-making.
• NEW! Updated information on legal and ethical challenges during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
• NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (NGN®) case studies available on the Evolve website.