title: Public health nursing, ethics and human rights.
abstract: Public health nursing has a code of ethics that guides practice. This includes the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses, Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health, and the Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing. Human rights and Rights-based care in public health nursing practice are relatively new. They reflect human rights principles as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and applied to public health practice. As our health care system is restructured and there are new advances in technology and genetics, a focus on providing care that is ethical and respects human rights is needed. Public health nurses can be in the forefront of providing care that reflects an ethical base and a rights-based approach to practice with populations.
authors.affiliation: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6170, USA. llivanov@uncg.edu
authors.forename: Luba L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: Tami L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Oden
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000941:ethics; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States