N & HC: Perspectives on Community articles from January 1996

N & HC: Perspectives on Community archives from January 1996

News along the Rialto. (healthcare delivery changes)(Editorial)
January 1, 1996... Well, it's 1996, another year, and we are still at it -- pondering the outcome of "radical changes" in our health care delivery system. In terms of whether change is for the better or not, it depends on where you sit. If you are enmeshed in...

"Caring" is not enough: ethical paradigms for community-based care.(Ethics in the Age of Reform)
January 1, 1996... In the waning years of the 20th century, just as in its beginning, there is once again a need for a community-based practice ethic that can address the just allocation of scarce resources, universal access to health care, and benevolent public...

Ethics, nursing, and health care in the age of "reform."(Ethics in the Age of Reform)
January 1, 1996... The profession of nursing is embarking on an uncertain historical voyage of unprecedented sweeping change in health care. As the country experiences revolutionary changes in how health care is organized, delivered, and financed, there is no...

Clinical failure or clinical folly: a second opinion on student performance.(Ethics in the Age of Reform)
January 1, 1996... Clinical objectives, upon which evaluations are based, are designed to be narrow enough to provide focus for the course yet broad enough to accommodate interpretation because of differences in faculty values and expectations and in student...

Research & nursing: ethical reflections.(Ethics in the Age of Reform)
January 1, 1996... Medical experimentation and informed consent, including issues such as competency, disclosure, and comprehension, dominate ethical discussions of research. Ethical principles of autonomy and beneficence are often used to examine human rights...

President's message: riding the breaker waves. (changes in nursing profession)
January 1, 1996... W.H. Auden's early use of the term "sea change" has become a contemporary to capture the deep changes we experience and witness as we move between worlds enough and time" -- without enough time to ride the deep waves of change washing over...