Acknowledgments · The Changing Moral World and its Implications for the Nursing Profession · 'Be Good Women But Do Not Bother with a Code of Ethics' · Ethics, Bioethics and Nursing Ethics: Some Working Definitions · Theoretical Perspectives Informing Ethical Conduct · A Feminist Perspective on Ethics and Bioethics · A Transcultural Perspective on Ethics and Bioethics · Moral Problems and Moral Decision-Making in Nursing · Patients' Rights to and in Health Care · Human Rights and the Mentally Ill · Ethical Issues Associated with the Reporting of Child Abuse · Abortion and the Nursing Profession · Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide · Suicide and Parasuicide · Quality of Life, 'Not For Treatment' and 'Not For Resuscitation' Directives · Taking a Stand: Conscientious Objection, Strike Action and Institutional Ethics Committees · Promoting Ethical Nursing Practice.