title: Role of ethics in modern health care: 2.
abstract: The first article in this two-part series examined the meaning of ethics, why nurses should bother with it, and what effect it has on the individual conscience-controlled practitioner. This article looks more closely at why nurses need to be aware of the implications of ethics in practice.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control