Moral distress: Inability to act or discomfort with moral subjectivity?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 734-742

  Repenshek, Mark ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Catholic; End of life decision making; Moral distress; Moral subjectivity; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHOLICISM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MORALS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 70449372597     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009342138     Document Type: Article

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