Books by Dr. Vincent Icheku

FIRST BOOK:

About the book: “Ethics and ethical decision making: Case studies and discussions”

This book is mainly written for nursing and social work students but is firmly grounded in practice examples. The intention is to prepare the students to deal with ethical problems in practice placement. Thus, the book discusses, among other things, the ethical theories and principles, and uses case study discussions to demonstrate application of the ethical theories, principles, and models to practice problems.

Peers Review and Endorsements

“The book drew from the work of many scholars and designed a simple model to help students gain the knowledge of ethical analysis and decision making”. Vidal Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Law and Ethics, London South Bank University

“I was impressed by the way this author consistently addressed both social work and nursing ethical issues, highlighting the importance of ethics and application in nursing and social work practice”. Michelle Evans, Senior lecturer in Learning Disability/Mental Health and Social Work, London South Bank University.

“Most other published books on nursing and social work ethics are often laden with theories and principles. This book offers an excellent contribution to the understanding of the relationship between learning ethical theories and principles and their practice applications”. Jude C. Ibe, Principal lecturer in Dept. of Family Care and Mental Health; University of Greenwich, London

Organisation of the book

Through carefully constructed chapters, the book provides details on the essential aspects of ethical knowledge that students need to work through ethical problems and make sound decisions:

We begin in Chapter 1 by examining several relevant and important themes in contemporary nursing and social work practice. These themes are ethics and branches of ethics, morals, and values. This is to help readers learn or reinforce existing knowledge of the themes.

Chapter 2 explores the main reasons given for ethics in nursing and social work education. The themes discussed include the need to meet requirements of the law, develop knowledge required for dealing with ethical dilemmas, gain knowledge of how to handle conflict that may arise in relationship with other professionals, and deal with cultural diversity of patient and client groups. The chapter will argue that ethical education is crucial to achieving the above goals.

The focus of Chapter 3 is firmly on consideration of nursing and social work as moral practice and duties to act ethically. The themes covered include duty to protect vulnerable people, duty to act as patient’s or client’s advocate, duty to assess potential risks and empower those in care, the need to work within ethical standards and laws, and the duty to maintain confidentiality of information within professional boundaries.

Chapter 4 explores value of the three ethical theories that prescribe morally right actions. The chapter also examines some of the major criticisms of the individual theories and discusses how they differ from each other.

Chapter 5 explores the four ethical principles and how they inform nursing and social work practice. As conflicting principles often give rise to ethical dilemma, the chapter will discuss model for screening ethical principles and use case studies and discussions to illustrate how ethical dilemma could be resolved by identifying and applying the principle or legal obligation that take precedence over others.

Chapter 6 examines the common ethical issues and dilemmas nursing and social work professionals usually face in practice. The issues discussed include conflicting moral imperative, informed consent, best interest, and giving information and equitable distribution of services and resources.

Chapter 7 clearly defines moral reasoning and discusses ethical principles, values, and legal-based approaches as basis for resolving ethical dilemmas and making decisions. The chapter also uses case study discussions to illustrate application of the approaches.

Chapter 8 discusses the values of models in ethical decision-making and proposes a simple model to aid analysis of ethical dilemmas and decision making. The chapter drew from the work of many scholars who had written on ethical decision-making models in order to develop a supportive approach that guide ethical decisions in nursing and social work practice. In addition, uses case studies and discussions to illustrate use of the model in ethical decision-making process.

A chapter summary is provided at the end of each of the eight chapters. The book concludes with a brief summary of how the aim of the book was met and areas requiring future research and publications.

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SECOND BOOK:

Short description
The book suggests how you can cut your risk of dyeing from the diseases and give yourself the chance of not just a longer life but a better quality of life. The book provides a background discussion on danger signs of ageing and remedies. It examines exciting new research evidence in the anti-ageing field involving a new understanding of what goes on deep inside the human cells that causes you to grow old prematurely. It also examines scientific evidence on how radiation from mobile phones could cause age-related damage to your health and how to protect yourself from the effects of such radiation. Your will read about hormonal imbalance in relation to premature ageing. The information on current treatment to maintain hormonal balance is a synthesis of the consolidated findings of many world class organisations committed to anti-ageing research. You will also read about current breakthroughs in the application of cloning and stem cell technology to the treatment of ageing diseases, and about ethical obstacles to the methods. The writers view is that for the technologies to realise its full potentials, both scientific and ethical problems must be overcome. Finally, you will read about the importance of vitamins and minerals, water, salt and physical exercise. The book concludes with recommendations on how to maintain general good health and prevent degenerative diseases by taking a broad spectrum of multi-vitamins and minerals, eating healthy diet, doing sensible daily exercises and learning good stress management.
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Long description
The capacity to enjoy life well into your old age is sometimes denied by all kinds of degenerative diseases. Regrettably, the information you need to enable you to prevent these diseases is found in hundreds of scientific papers that are not easily accessible to the general public. The result is that most people suffer from these diseases and die prematurely while knowledge of how to prevent or cure their condition already exists. For the first time, the work of many world scientists concerned with the causes and preventions of degenerative diseases of ageing have been put together in a single book, and I hope you will find it useful in your quest for good health and an increased life span.
Dr. Ronald Klatz D.O. (M.D.), the founder and president of the American Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine in Chicago, ,USA an organisation that trains physicians in anti-ageing medicine, and author of Grow Young with HGH (Harper Perennial, 1998), stated that “ageing as we know it is really a constellation of degenerative processes that lead to chronic disease and finally to death.” He added that “you can prevent and treat the conditions of ageing like osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and cognitive decline. And by treating them, you change how you can expect to look like at age 50 or 90 and by improving the quality of life and avoiding activities or food, for example things that are going to kill you, such as those causing heart disease and cancer, you live longer.”
Similarly, Jean Carper, a leading authority on health and nutrition, and the author of numerous books, including Stop Ageing Now, explains that the “ravages of ageing are not inevitable and in fact, can be prevented or reversed”. Citing Dr. Irwin H. Rosenberg of the Department of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition Research Centre, United States, Jean further explains that most diseases associated with ageing can be prevented or reversed with the help of vitamins.
Dr. Paul Clayton, a research director of practitioner training at the Royal College of General Practitioners, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition at the University of Middlesex and author of many books, including Health Defence, wrote that “very few people, perhaps 1 in 10,000, die of old age. The vast majority of us sicken and die prematurely, picked off by natural causes long before our biological life span has run its course”.
In other words, chances are the majority of us will die from degenerative diseases before our biological age runs out. The term “degenerative diseases” has been used as a medical term to describe progressive diseases of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). In this book, the term has been loosely applied to numerous severe health conditions associated with ageing. Many of the health conditions have been implicated in the majority of all deaths through natural causes. Deaths by natural causes are deaths caused by naturally occurring diseases (see online encyclopedia, Wikipedia).
To the best of my knowledge, there is no recorded evidence of death from old age; the majority of deaths are due to natural causes. The 2002 world report on Violence and Health published by the World Health Organization (WHO, Geneva) identified ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, lower respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, atherosclerosis and diabetes as among the 10 major causes of death in all 38 of its member states in the mid-1990s. Dr. Clayton, cited earlier, stated that, if you can cut your risk of dyeing from these degenerative diseases, you automatically give yourself the chance of not just a longer life but a longer quality of life. The information on how to cut the risks of dyeing from degenerative diseases is contained in hundreds of medical discoveries and trials published in internationally recognised scientific journals on which this book is based.
This book presents the findings of studies of the present state of knowledge regarding the causes and preventions of degenerative diseases of ageing using evidence from a systematic review of scientific literature. A systematic review as used in this book involves a formalised approach to identifying and synthesising the results of research studies, especially controlled trials, and dissemination of subsequent information for the benefit of the general public. By using this approach, it became possible to review most of the world’s best-known scientific research on methods of preventing the ravages of degenerative diseases of ageing and extension of maximum life span. The outcome of the systematic review is presented in the five chapters of this book.

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Book Chapter

Series: International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life

Edited by professor Connerley, Mary and Wu, Jiyun, Published by Springer

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789401798969

This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to the issue of the well-being of working women. This focus addresses a gap that currently exists in the quality-of-life and well-being fields. The work of the authors answers the following broad questions: Does gender matter in the well-being of working women? Do prejudices against and stereotypes of women still play a role in inter-personal interactions in the workplace that could hinder women from flourishing professionally? Does the organizational context, such as organizational culture, reward systems, and leadership, contribute to the well-being of working-women? What impact does the national context have on the well-being of working women? And finally, how can public policies help enhance the well-being of working women? These are important issues for academics, researchers, and graduate students interested in gender issues in the fields of management, sociology, psychology, social psychology, economics, and quality of life studies. Policy makers and practitioners will also find this book beneficial. Equitable treatment and outcomes for all, regardless of gender, remains a challenging goal to achieve, with various barriers in different contexts and different cultures, and this book provides strong coverage of this important topic of well-being of working women.

Chapter  44

Title: Impact of HIV Related Stigma and Discrimination on Working Women in Sub-Sahara Africa

By:

Dr. Vincent Icheku, Senior Lecturer, School of health and social care, London South Bank University

Abstract         

This chapter surveys current literature and found that women constitute 60 % of people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa due mainly to cultural practices. Working women living with the disease are subjected to violence by their employers and co- workers as a direct result of HIV related stigma and discrimination. Workplace violence includes unauthorised disclosure of HIV status, unfair dismissal, victimisation and harassment and social isolation. These were found to have significant impact on the wellbeing of the working women. Building on the knowledge already present in the literature, that ignorance produces stigma and discrimination, this author argues that the women will continue to suffer the impact of stigma and discrimination as long as ignorance exist in the workplace. Thus, the chapter proposes workplace policy and programmes to minimise the impact of HIV related stigma and discrimination on the working women.