Megan-Jane Johnstone

{{Short description|Nursing scholar}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}

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Megan-Jane Johnstone (AO) is an Australian nursing scholar and contemporary artist.

Megan-Jane Johnstone AO is the author of Bioethics: a nursing perspective,{{Cite book |last=JOHNSTONE |first=MEGAN-JANE |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1348478547 |title=BIOETHICS : a nursing perspective. |date=2022 |publisher=ELSEVIER AUSTRALIA |isbn=978-0-7295-4428-3 |location=[S.l.] |oclc=1348478547}} first published in 1989 and released as an 8th revised edition in 2023, and invited curating editor of Nursing Ethics,{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900795882 |title=Nursing ethics |date=2015 |others=Megan-Jane Johnstone |isbn=978-1-4739-0225-1 |location=Los Angeles |oclc=900795882}} a three volume Sage major reference publication. Other books by Johnstone include: Nursing and the injustices of the law;{{Cite book |last=Johnstone |first=Megan-Jane |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30913457 |title=Nursing and the injustices of the law |date=1994 |publisher=W.B. Saunders/Baillière Tindall |isbn=0-7295-1418-8 |location=Sydney |oclc=30913457}} Ethics in nursing practice: a guide to ethical decision making{{Cite book |last=Fry |first=Sara T. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173670664 |title=Ethics in nursing practice : a guide to ethical decision making |date=2008 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |others=Megan-Jane Johnstone, International Council of Nurses |isbn=978-1-4051-6052-0 |edition=3rd |location=Chichester, U.K. |oclc=173670664}} (Co-Authored with Sara T Fry); Alzheimer's disease, media representations and the politics of euthanasia: constructing risk and selling death in an ageing society;{{Cite book |last=Johnstone |first=Megan-Jane |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/828423756 |title=Alzheimer's disease, media representations, and the politics of euthanasia : constructing risk and selling death in an ageing society |date=2013 |isbn=978-1-4094-5193-8 |location=Farnham, Surrey |oclc=828423756}} Effective writing for health professionals: a pocket guide to getting published first published in 2004{{Cite book |last=Johnstone |first=Megan-Jane |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55892615 |title=Effective writing for health professionals : a practical guide to getting published |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=1-74115-270-4 |location=London |oclc=55892615}} and released in 2023 as a second revised edition,{{Cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Megan-Jane |date=2023 |title=Effective Writing for Healthcare Professionals: A Pocket Guide to Getting Published, 2nd edition |url=https://www.routledge.com/Effective-Writing-for-Healthcare-Professionals-A-Pocket-Guide-to-Getting/Johnstone/p/book/9781032537023 |access-date=31 October 2023 |website=routledge.com}} and Contributing Editor of The Politics of euthanasia: a nursing response.{{Cite book |last=Johnstone |first=Megan-Jane |title=The Politics of Euthenasia. A Nursing Response |publisher=Royal College of Nursing, Australia |year=1996 |isbn=0909449872 |location=Australia |pages=181 |language=English}} In 2019, Johnstone was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia "(for) distinguished service to medical education in the field of nursing and health care ethics, to patients' rights, and to professional standards."{{Cite web |date=10 June 2019 |title=Dr Megan-Jane JOHNSTONE Officer of the Order of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2004614 |access-date=28 December 2022 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility |publisher=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government}}