The moral maze: navigating the ethical landscape of healthcare

Buckley, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2526-7022 (2025) The moral maze: navigating the ethical landscape of healthcare. British Journal of Nursing, 34 (12). pp. 650-656. Item availability may be restricted.

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Abstract

Ethical decision-making pervades many aspects of health and social care practice. All practitioners, regardless of professional affiliation, must reflect on their role as moral agents. There are challenges in developing an ethical awareness of, and response to, the increasingly complex healthcare landscape. A case study of a clinical episode of care is used to illustrate how, while the adoption of an evidence-based, systematic approach can better inform ethical deliberation, conflicting moral obligations frequently add complexity and contradiction to the decision-making process.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	British Journal of Nursing
Publisher:	MA Healthcare
ISSN:	2052-2819
Departments:	Institute of Health > Nursing
Additional Information:	Dr Alison Ruth Buckley, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, University of Cumbria, UK.
Depositing User:	Insight Administrator
SWORD Depositor:	Insight Administrator
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2025 09:26
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2025 09:30
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8940