title: Ethics of patient education and how do we make it everyone's ethics.
abstract: Patient education has long been central to nursing's philosophy of practice, and, because of this commitment, nurses in all practice settings have been deeply distressed with the careless and generally incomplete manner in which it is practiced in the health care system. This article examines the ethical underpinning of this distress and of this neglect in patient education and what actions nurses can take to correct this situation.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, College of Nursing, 5557 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. ae9080@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Barbara K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Redman
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D012648:Self Care