Towards a viable and just global nursing ethics.
Nurs Ethics
; 15(1): 17-27, 2008 Jan.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18096578
ABSTRACT
Globalization, an outgrowth of technology, while informing us about people throughout the world, also raises our awareness of the extreme economic and social disparities that exist among nations. As part of a global discipline, nurses are vitally interested in reducing and eliminating disparities so that better health is achieved for all people. Recent literature in nursing encourages our discipline to engage more actively with social justice issues. Justice in health care is a major commitment of nursing; thus questions in the larger sphere of globalization, justice and ethics, are our discipline's questions also. Global justice, or fairness, is not an issue for some groups or institutions, but a deeper human rights issue that is a responsibility for everyone. What can we do to help reduce or eliminate the social and economic disparities that are so evident? What kind of ethical milieu is needed to address the threat that globalization imposes on justice and fairness? This article enriches the conceptualization of globalization by investigating recent work by Schweiker and Twiss. In addition, I discuss five qualities or characteristics that will facilitate the development of a viable and just global ethic. A global ethic guides all people in their response to human rights and poverty. Technology and business, two major forces in globalization that are generally considered beneficial, are critiqued as barriers to social justice and the common good.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
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1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Problema de saúde:
11_multisectoral_coordination
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1_acesso_equitativo_servicos
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1_desigualdade_iniquidade
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1_geracao_evidencia_conhecimento
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1_medicamentos_vacinas_tecnologias
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2_cobertura_universal
Assunto principal:
Mudança Social
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Justiça Social
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Saúde Global
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Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde
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Ética em Enfermagem
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Ethics
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Ethics
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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ETICA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos