Author/Editor		Grbec, Vera
Title		Prvi kodeks etike medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije
Translated title		First nurses' code of ethics in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		In: Klemenc D, Kvas A, Pahor M, et al, editors. Zdravstvena nega v luči etike. Ljubljana: Društvo medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov,
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 123-6
Language		slo
Abstract		In nursing, professional ethics is the basic principle of action. The first Code of nursing ethics was accepted during the assembly of the Nurse Association of Slovenia on March 25, 1994. The text is organized in four chapters and nine principles. Eaeh principle is defined and explained by the standards of action. The content of the Code expresses the attitudes. beleifs and values which underpin the professional philosophy of nursing. They relate to general principles of health care ethics, human rights and specific professional values. They have developed through the long history of humankind. Their basis is Hypocrat's oath and other early ethical and deontological documents. The majoriry of principles and values, connected with human rights, have developed since the 18th century. Specific professional values are connected to the raise of nursing as an independent health care discipline in the l9th century. The code of nursing ethics in Slovenia has a legal dimension, as the Health Care Law of the Republic of Slovenia says it its art. 45.: "Health workers and health co-workers perform health care in accordance with the accepted health care directives and with the Code of medical deontology or other professional ethical codes."
Descriptors		ETHICS, NURSING SLOVENIA