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Virtue Ethics In Nursing: A Review Of The Literature, Abigail Chu
Virtue Ethics In Nursing: A Review Of The Literature, Abigail Chu
Senior Honors Theses
Background
Human flourishing is at the heart of healthcare. In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle proposes virtue ethics, the idea that humans find and fulfill their purpose through flourishing. Virtue ethics posits that an individual flourishes by forming habits that promote excellence (both moral excellence and excellence in skill) while modeling people who possess the ideal traits. Virtue ethics emphasizes eudaimonia or human flourishing as embodying the highest good and an overall state of wellbeing.
Purpose
The purpose of this integrative literature review is to examine how virtue ethics in nursing can promote human flourishing.
Methods
Twenty-nine articles were reviewed for …
High Health Care Cost In The U.S. And Its Impact On An African American Church Community In East Orange, New Jersey, William Charles
High Health Care Cost In The U.S. And Its Impact On An African American Church Community In East Orange, New Jersey, William Charles
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Access to affordable quality health care has been a long debating issue in the United States. Many scholarly research articles indicated that the cost of insurance premiums, deductibles, co-payments, and prescription drugs continue to rise every year. Despite various efforts to reduce the cost of health care in the United States, the trend remains the same. Au contraire, more Americans are unable to afford the cost of prescription drugs. More Americans postpone their medical treatments. More Americans find it difficult to financially address their health care needs. It can be inferred that high health cost has a significant impact in …