Profese online 2009, 2(2):78-88 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2009.007

MORAL DILEMMA AND PROCESS OF ITS SOLUTION IN NURSING PRACTICE

Lucia Balážová
Department of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

The purpose of this article is shortly informing the reader about the moral dilemma issue. Our attention is zero in on the proceeding of its solution, in process of moral decision making, from the view of professional moral. Conceptual demarcates of the conception of
moral dilemma is incorporate into the context of nursing practice, in congruence with the orientation of nursing ethics to the care. The theme was worked according to researchers conclusions, from the subject areas of nursing, professional ethics and humanistic psychology. Another part of this article presents the main realms that must be geared, in order to identification the situation of moral character and solving its, in the practical plain.

Keywords: nursing practice, professional ethics, nurse, moral dilemma, moral decision making and pursuance

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Balážová, L. (2009). MORAL DILEMMA AND PROCESS OF ITS SOLUTION IN NURSING PRACTICE. Profese Online, 2(2), 78-88. doi: 10.5507/pol.2009.007
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