Living with conflicts-ethical dilemmas and moral distress in the health care system

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1075-1084

  Kälvemark, Sofia ^a   Höglund, Anna T ^a   Hansson, Mats G ^a   Westerholm, Peter ^b   Arnetz, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Ethical dilemmas; Ethics; Moral distress; Nursing; Pharmacy practice; Sweden

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORALITY; NURSING; STRESS;

EID: 0347951126     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00279-X     Document Type: Article

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