Measuring moral distress in pharmacy and clinical practice

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-427

  Sporrong, Sofia Kälvemark ^a,b   Höglund, Anna T ^b   Arnetz, Bengt ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Ethics; Moral distress; Pharmacy practice; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; ETHICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745763926     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne880oa     Document Type: Article

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