title: [Ethics in nursing].
abstract: Synopsis about the evolution of moral principles adopted by brazilian nursing since 1923 to nowadays. It indicates a metaphysical, abstract and spiritual tendencies in the codes of 1958 and 1975, and a change in the code of 1993, which searches to observe valuables of historic form and based on material conditions of existence.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Passos
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007884:Legislation, Nursing; D012945:Social Values
vernacular_title: A ética na enfermagem.