Nursing Ethics in the Seventh-Day Adventist Religious Tradition

Nurses’ religious beliefs influence their motivations and perspectives, including their practice of ethics in nursing care. When the impact of these beliefs is not recognized, great potential for unethical nursing care exists. Thus, this article examines how the theology of one religious tradition,...

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Auteurs: Johnston Taylor, Elizabeth (Auteur) ; Carr, Mark F (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage 2009
Dans: Nursing ethics
Année: 2009, Volume: 16, Numéro: 6, Pages: 707-718
Sujets non-standardisés:B Ethics
B Seventh-day Adventist
B Religion
B Christianity
B nurse / nursing
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Résumé:Nurses’ religious beliefs influence their motivations and perspectives, including their practice of ethics in nursing care. When the impact of these beliefs is not recognized, great potential for unethical nursing care exists. Thus, this article examines how the theology of one religious tradition, Seventh-day Adventism (SDA), could affect nurses. An overview of SDA history and beliefs is presented, which explains why ‘medical missionary’ work is central to SDAs. Theological foundations that would permeate an SDA nurse’s view of the nursing metaparadigm concepts of person, health, environment (i.e. community), and nursing (i.e. service) are presented. The ethical principles guiding SDA nurses (i.e. principled, case-based, and care ethics) and the implications of these theological foundations for nurses are noted in a case study.
ISSN:1477-0989
Contient:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0969733009343135