Moral distress reconsidered

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-262

  McCarthy, Joan ^a   Deady, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Moral constraint; Moral distress; Moral judgement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 40449111542     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007086023     Document Type: Review

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