Acknowledgements

WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH DEEP APPRECIATION the many people who helped make this book possible—they are and continue to be our network of support. We thank the many scholars, listed in the “Contributors” section, who have written chapters for this third edition. It was a wonderful experience for us to work with so many people committed to nursing ethics and health care ethics, who have been so generous with their time and expertise. We want to thank them most sincerely for helping to create what we hope will be a rich resource for nurses and other health care providers to assist them in dealing with the ethical challenges in health care.

We gratefully acknowledge Nancy Tinari’s stellar editorial leadership and assistance, and Keith Dunn’s timely technical expertise and troubleshooting. Without them, this book would not have been possible. Nor could this open access edition have been published without the commitment, guidance, and skills of Inba Kehoe and her team—Emma Hilliard, William Owen, and Liam McParland—from the University of Victoria Libraries. We thank Clint Hutzulak of Rayola Creative, who designed our book to be easily readable in both online and print versions.

We express our deep thanks to Ann Gallagher, who graciously wrote such a creative and insightful Foreword. We convey our thanks to Ann Hilton for enhancing our book by painting the wonderful artwork featured on the cover and on the title page of each chapter.

We also acknowledge that this edition was built on a foundation established by the many contributors to the first and second editions of our book. We thank Pearson Canada for publishing the previous editions and making copies available for 20 years.

On a more personal note, we would like to extend our individual thanks to family, friends, and colleagues who have patiently given us encouragement, time, and support to focus on this new edition. Rosalie thanks her parents, Anica and Joseph Starzomski, whose guidance has helped her in all possible ways to achieve her dreams. She gives heartfelt thanks to her amazing family and friends from coast to coast, who have been such a tremendous inspiration in her life and were so helpful as she worked on the three editions of this book. Rosalie thanks her graduate students and colleagues, whose clinical conundrums—and ideas for their resolution—provided direction for this edition.

Jan thanks her husband, Don Storch, who supported her as she worked on the three editions of this book. His patience, kindness, and unfailing encouragement was key to the success of this work. She thanks her three children, David, Michael, and Jolan, whose long-distance inspiration from Toronto, China, and Calgary was invaluable. Finally, Jan thanks her parents, Emma and Reiny Hennig, for their strong support throughout her career; and Dr. Shirley Stinson, whose counsel and commitment to nursing ethics and to graduate students was a major influence on Jan’s career.

Paddy thanks her life partner, John Thomasson, who has provided extensive emotional, practical, and analytic support throughout her academic and life journeys. She is grateful to her parents, Lois Anne Yuile and Michael Christopher Rodney, for encouraging and supporting her university education. Finally, she thanks her academic mentor, Dr. Joan Anderson, for her ongoing inspiration and friendship.

Rosalie Starzomski, Janet (Jan) L. Storch

and Patricia (Paddy) Rodney