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[The customer's rights as an ethics matter]
Narciso Vieira Soares1, Valéria Lerch Lunardi
1Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões-URI-Campus de Santo Angelo, Membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Enfermagem Saúde e Educação GEPESE/URI.
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
|February 21, 2003
Summary
This study explores nursing ethics and patient rights, highlighting how knowledge exchange can reduce power imbalances between healthcare providers and patients. It stresses nurses
Area of Science:
- Nursing Ethics
- Bioethics
- Healthcare Professional-Patient Relationships
Context:
- Technological advancements in healthcare have not fully resolved asymmetries in patient-provider relationships.
- Daily nursing practice involves complex ethical considerations regarding patient rights and professional conduct.
- Healthcare users are increasingly viewed as consumers with specific rights and expectations.
Purpose:
- To theoretically discuss ethics and patient rights within daily nursing services.
- To analyze the power asymmetry between healthcare professionals and patients.
- To explore knowledge exchange as a strategy for mitigating this asymmetry.
Summary:
- Examines the ethical dimensions of nursing, focusing on patient rights and the professional-patient dynamic.
- Discusses bioethics principles and their application in everyday nursing care.
- Advocates for critical reflection on nursing practices to foster ethical commitment and social change.
Impact:
- Emphasizes the crucial role of nurses' ethical reflection in addressing healthcare disparities.
- Promotes a more symmetrical and rights-based relationship between patients and healthcare providers.
- Encourages nurses to engage with social transformations through ethical practice.