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Published on: February 16, 2011
A case study application of the Integrated Ethical/Clinical Judgment Model
1Department of Nursing, California State University, Bakersfield, USA.
Purpose/Objectives:
To discuss diagnostic, therapeutic and ethical reasoning, as linked in the Gordon Murphy Candee and Hiltunen Integrated Clinical Judgment Model in the context of a case study.
Data Sources:
An interview conducted with a widow who had been her husband's primary hospice caregiver while he was dying at home of lung cancer as well as published books and articles.
Data Synthesis:
Elements of ethical reasoning parties claims and moral basis for claims are revealed in the experiences of one family receiving hospice care.
Conclusions:
The Integrated Clinical Judgment Model has applicability in ethical research and clinical nursing practice.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Nurses firm grounding in both diagnostic and ethical reasoning will facilitate the application of sound clinical judgment in the provision of optimal hospice nursing care.
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