Moral stress: Synthesis of a concept

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-322

  Lützén, Kim ^a   Cronqvist, Agneta ^b   Magnusson, Annabella ^b   Andersson, Lars ^b  

^a Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypothetical deduction; Imperatives; Moral sensitivity; Moral stress; Nursing; Qualitative studies; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BURNOUT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037974882     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733003ne608oa     Document Type: Article

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