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Ethics in Nursing – A South African Perspective
- Source :
- Advancing Global Bioethics ISBN: 9783319932293
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer International Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- Ethics and health care in South Africa is largely influenced by biomedical ethical principles and Western values, concepts and theories. The history and highlights in nursing ethics in South Africa has not been well documented. Colonising thinking and actions are spread throughout the nursing profession with the indigenous worldview under-examined in ethics in nursing. There is minimal incorporation of postcolonial concepts, specifically about ethics and indigenous knowledge in health care. For nursing to remain relevant in South Africa decolonisation is critical. The decolonisation process involves, among others asserting and stimulating discussions about indigenous knowledge to reveal the abundance and richness of indigenous languages, worldviews, teachings and experiences. Decolonising of nursing, health care and nursing ethics within the context of the nursing profession is critical to address the current health challenges faced by the population of South Africa.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study
030504 nursing
Nursing ethics
business.industry
education
Perspective (graphical)
Population
Context (language use)
Environmental ethics
Indigenous
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Sociology
Traditional knowledge
0305 other medical science
business
Decolonization
Subjects
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-319-93229-3
- ISBNs :
- 9783319932293
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Advancing Global Bioethics ISBN: 9783319932293
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........472c1d16d31beffab53c904f5a56c660