Sawyer L M
Int Nurs Rev. 1989 Sep-Oct;36(5):145-8.
In her worldwide search for a code of ethics to provide guidelines for professional practice, Linda Sawyer found that the codes of health care professionals were disappointing, mainly because they did not provide thoughtful and provocative discussion of the bioethical issues faced by the practitioner. Many organizations deal with controversial issues through the informal mechanism of policy statements, rather than through the more formal, rigid, public and political process needed to amend a code of ethics. While other professional organizations focus on commercial aspects of practice or are silent on ethical issues. Below, an analysis of the codes of selected national nurses' associations.
琳达·索耶在全球范围内寻找一种道德准则以为专业实践提供指导方针时发现，医疗保健专业人员的道德准则令人失望，主要是因为它们没有对从业者面临的生物伦理问题进行深入且具有启发性的讨论。许多组织通过政策声明这种非正式机制来处理有争议的问题，而不是通过修订道德准则所需的更正式、严格、公开和政治化的程序。同时，其他专业组织专注于实践的商业方面，或者在伦理问题上保持沉默。以下是对部分国家护士协会道德准则的分析。
