School of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Canada.
Nurs Ethics. 2020 Jun;27(4):1077-1088. doi: 10.1177/0969733020906606. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
Human rights are foundational to the health and well-being of all individuals and have remained a central tenet of nursing's ethical framework throughout history. The purpose of this study is to explore continuity and changes to human rights in nursing codes of ethics in the Canadian context. This study examines nursing codes of ethics between the years 1953 and 2017, which spans the very first code in Canada to the most recently adopted. The historical method is used to compare and contrast human rights language, positioning and descriptions between different code editions. The findings suggest there has been very little change in how human rights have been included within the Canadian nursing codes of ethics. Furthermore, we consider how changes within the nursing profession have influenced the authority of codes of ethics and their ability to support nurses in carrying out ethical obligations specific to human rights. Finally, the impacts and implications of these changes are discussed concerning the protection of human rights in today's healthcare landscape in Canada.
人权是所有人健康和福祉的基础，在整个历史中一直是护理伦理框架的核心原则。本研究旨在探讨加拿大背景下护理伦理准则中人权的连续性和变化。本研究考察了 1953 年至 2017 年期间的护理伦理准则，其中包括加拿大最早的准则和最近通过的准则。历史方法用于比较和对比不同准则版本之间的人权语言、定位和描述。研究结果表明，加拿大护理伦理准则中纳入人权的方式几乎没有变化。此外，我们还考虑了护理行业内部的变化如何影响伦理准则的权威性及其支持护士履行特定于人权的道德义务的能力。最后，讨论了这些变化对加拿大当今医疗保健领域保护人权的影响和意义。
