Values and ethical principles in nursing

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In this paper I explore what kind of values enter into the different dimensions of the human being and how the principles of freedom, brotherhood and equality relate to the well‐being of man, and further how technology, bureaucracy and specialization may curtail the observance of humaneness in nursing care I also discuss the compatibility or incompatibility of values in nursing and the increasingly scientific nature of nursing Respect for freedom is a condition for personal growth and development recognition of the value of brotherhood is a condition for social participation, and equality a condition for meeting physical needs However, these values are linked together and form a whole The scientific nature of nursing contributes to the clarification of values in nursing My doctoral dissertation, ‘Self‐care and nursing’, on which this paper is based, deals with values and principles in nursing

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