ナーシング・アドボカシーとインフォームド・コンセント(<特集>病とは何か・癒しとは何かインフォームド・コンセントとは何か)

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When we consider the ethical and social responsibility of nursing, we should note the concept of nursing advocacy, which is often used as a key word in nursing ethics in U. S. Nursing advocacy holds the view that nurses are responsible for advocacy of patients rights and interests. We can find out different model theories on nursing advocacy in many literature on bioetics and nursing ethics. For example, there is the legal rights model of G. J. Annas, the values-based model of Kohnke, the respect forpersons model by C. P. Murphy and the social advocacy model of Freeman. However, we do not have yet have a conclusive theory on it. We can draw some points on nurses' roles in informed consent between physicians and patients by using the concept of nursing advocacy, For example, nurses can give more explanations to patients to make up for a lack of medical informations by doctors. Moreover, they can help patients to understand information better by asking doctors in place of the patients, In this way, nurses can help patients to make decisions according to their own values. Nurses should do their best to keep best interests of patients, However, to enable nursing advocacy, nurses' rights as patients' advocates should be respected by physicians and other health care personnel.
日本医学哲学・倫理学会の論文
1995-10-01