Michael J. Deem is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics and Core Faculty in the Center for Bioethics & Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Consortium Ethics Program, which provides continuing ethics education to healthcare professionals. He has published widely in philosophy and bioethics, and has taught ethics courses in genetic counselling, medicine, nursing, philosophy, and rehabilitation science programs for over a decade. Jennifer H. Lingler is Professor of Nursing and Psychiatry, and faculty at the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, at the University of Pittsburgh. Her federally and foundation funded research focuses on psychosocial and ethical issues in dementia care and research, with an emphasis on provider-patient communication.

• ContentsContributors PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I: Concepts, Knowledge, and Practical Identity 1. An Argument for the Distinct Nature of Nursing Ethics Pamela J. Grace 2. Nursing Ethics as an Independent Subfield of Healthcare EthicsEric Vogelstein 3. The Relevance of Feminist Ethics for Moral Communities in Healthcare WorkJoan Liaschenko and Elizabeth Peter 4. Moral Expertise and Epistemic Peerhood: Implications for Nursing PracticeJamie Carlin Watson 5. Patient Best Interest: Why Nurses Cannot Be Expected to Know What Is Best for Their PatientsRobert M. Veatch 6. Revisiting Moral AgencyJennifer L. Bartlett and Carol Taylor 7. A Critical Analysis of Professional Moral Competencies of Nurse Practitioners Elizabeth Peter and Anne Simmonds 8. Designing a Culture of Ethical Practice in Health Care: A New ParadigmHeather Fitzgerald and Cynda Hylton Rushton 9. An Ethics Lens for Nursing LeadershipKatherine Brown-Saltzman 10. Conceptions of Vulnerability within the Context of Clinical ReseachMichael J. Deem and Judith A. Erlen Part II: Emerging Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice 11. A Matter of Trust: Balancing Ethical Duties and Legal Obligations in the Nursing Care of Pregnant Women with Substance Use DisorderLiz Stokes 12. The Ethical Rationale for Comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Follow-up Angel C. Carter and Brian S. Carter 13. Empowering Parents for Better Decision-Making: A Distinct Role for Nursing Staff in Pediatric Clinical CareErica K. Salter 14. Consent and My Chronically-ill ChildEmily A. Largent 15. How Confucian Values Shape the Moral Boundaries of Family CaregivingHelen Y.L. Chan, Richard Kim, Doris Yin-ping Leung, Ho-yu Cheng, Connie Yuen-yu Chong, and Wai-tong Chien 16. Constructing Avenues for Meaningful Agency: A Role for Nurses in Caring forPersons with DisabilitiesLaura Guidry-Grimes 17. Emerging Ethical Issues in Dementia Care Jennifer H. Lingler and Jalayne J. Arias 18. Relational Autonomy: A Critical Reading for Palliative and End-of-Life CarePhilip J. Larkin 19. Help Wanted: Technology, ICU Nurses, and DeathHelen Stanton Chapple and Megan Gillen 20. Teaching with Pictures: Respect for the VulnerableDaniel A. Wilkenfeld and Christa Johnson

Michael J. Deem is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics and Core Faculty in the Center for Bioethics & Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Consortium Ethics Program, which provides continuing ethics education to healthcare professionals. He has published widely in philosophy and bioethics, and has taught ethics courses in genetic counselling, medicine, nursing, philosophy, and rehabilitation science programs for over a decade. Jennifer H. Lingler is Professor of Nursing and Psychiatry, and faculty at the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, at the University of Pittsburgh. Her federally and foundation funded research focuses on psychosocial and ethical issues in dementia care and research, with an emphasis on provider-patient communication.

• ContentsContributors PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I: Concepts, Knowledge, and Practical Identity 1. An Argument for the Distinct Nature of Nursing Ethics Pamela J. Grace 2. Nursing Ethics as an Independent Subfield of Healthcare EthicsEric Vogelstein 3. The Relevance of Feminist Ethics for Moral Communities in Healthcare WorkJoan Liaschenko and Elizabeth Peter 4. Moral Expertise and Epistemic Peerhood: Implications for Nursing PracticeJamie Carlin Watson 5. Patient Best Interest: Why Nurses Cannot Be Expected to Know What Is Best for Their PatientsRobert M. Veatch 6. Revisiting Moral AgencyJennifer L. Bartlett and Carol Taylor 7. A Critical Analysis of Professional Moral Competencies of Nurse Practitioners Elizabeth Peter and Anne Simmonds 8. Designing a Culture of Ethical Practice in Health Care: A New ParadigmHeather Fitzgerald and Cynda Hylton Rushton 9. An Ethics Lens for Nursing LeadershipKatherine Brown-Saltzman 10. Conceptions of Vulnerability within the Context of Clinical ReseachMichael J. Deem and Judith A. Erlen Part II: Emerging Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice 11. A Matter of Trust: Balancing Ethical Duties and Legal Obligations in the Nursing Care of Pregnant Women with Substance Use DisorderLiz Stokes 12. The Ethical Rationale for Comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Follow-up Angel C. Carter and Brian S. Carter 13. Empowering Parents for Better Decision-Making: A Distinct Role for Nursing Staff in Pediatric Clinical CareErica K. Salter 14. Consent and My Chronically-ill ChildEmily A. Largent 15. How Confucian Values Shape the Moral Boundaries of Family CaregivingHelen Y.L. Chan, Richard Kim, Doris Yin-ping Leung, Ho-yu Cheng, Connie Yuen-yu Chong, and Wai-tong Chien 16. Constructing Avenues for Meaningful Agency: A Role for Nurses in Caring forPersons with DisabilitiesLaura Guidry-Grimes 17. Emerging Ethical Issues in Dementia Care Jennifer H. Lingler and Jalayne J. Arias 18. Relational Autonomy: A Critical Reading for Palliative and End-of-Life CarePhilip J. Larkin 19. Help Wanted: Technology, ICU Nurses, and DeathHelen Stanton Chapple and Megan Gillen 20. Teaching with Pictures: Respect for the VulnerableDaniel A. Wilkenfeld and Christa Johnson

Michael J. Deem is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics and Core Faculty in the Center for Bioethics & Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Consortium Ethics Program, which provides continuing ethics education to healthcare professionals. He has published widely in philosophy and bioethics, and has taught ethics courses in genetic counselling, medicine, nursing, philosophy, and rehabilitation science programs for over a decade. Jennifer H. Lingler is Professor of Nursing and Psychiatry, and faculty at the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, at the University of Pittsburgh. Her federally and foundation funded research focuses on psychosocial and ethical issues in dementia care and research, with an emphasis on provider-patient communication.

• ContentsContributors PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I: Concepts, Knowledge, and Practical Identity 1. An Argument for the Distinct Nature of Nursing Ethics Pamela J. Grace 2. Nursing Ethics as an Independent Subfield of Healthcare EthicsEric Vogelstein 3. The Relevance of Feminist Ethics for Moral Communities in Healthcare WorkJoan Liaschenko and Elizabeth Peter 4. Moral Expertise and Epistemic Peerhood: Implications for Nursing PracticeJamie Carlin Watson 5. Patient Best Interest: Why Nurses Cannot Be Expected to Know What Is Best for Their PatientsRobert M. Veatch 6. Revisiting Moral AgencyJennifer L. Bartlett and Carol Taylor 7. A Critical Analysis of Professional Moral Competencies of Nurse Practitioners Elizabeth Peter and Anne Simmonds 8. Designing a Culture of Ethical Practice in Health Care: A New ParadigmHeather Fitzgerald and Cynda Hylton Rushton 9. An Ethics Lens for Nursing LeadershipKatherine Brown-Saltzman 10. Conceptions of Vulnerability within the Context of Clinical ReseachMichael J. Deem and Judith A. Erlen Part II: Emerging Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice 11. A Matter of Trust: Balancing Ethical Duties and Legal Obligations in the Nursing Care of Pregnant Women with Substance Use DisorderLiz Stokes 12. The Ethical Rationale for Comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Follow-up Angel C. Carter and Brian S. Carter 13. Empowering Parents for Better Decision-Making: A Distinct Role for Nursing Staff in Pediatric Clinical CareErica K. Salter 14. Consent and My Chronically-ill ChildEmily A. Largent 15. How Confucian Values Shape the Moral Boundaries of Family CaregivingHelen Y.L. Chan, Richard Kim, Doris Yin-ping Leung, Ho-yu Cheng, Connie Yuen-yu Chong, and Wai-tong Chien 16. Constructing Avenues for Meaningful Agency: A Role for Nurses in Caring forPersons with DisabilitiesLaura Guidry-Grimes 17. Emerging Ethical Issues in Dementia Care Jennifer H. Lingler and Jalayne J. Arias 18. Relational Autonomy: A Critical Reading for Palliative and End-of-Life CarePhilip J. Larkin 19. Help Wanted: Technology, ICU Nurses, and DeathHelen Stanton Chapple and Megan Gillen 20. Teaching with Pictures: Respect for the VulnerableDaniel A. Wilkenfeld and Christa Johnson