Moral distress: A growing problem in the health professions?

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-22

  Ulrich, Connie M ^a   Hamric, Ann B ^a   Grady, Christine ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS CONSULTATION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NARRATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249179246     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0222     Document Type: Article

References (13)

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2. A. Jameton, Nursing Practice: The Ethical Issues (Englewood, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1984).
3. J. M. Wilkinson, "Moral Distress in Nursing Practice: Experience and Effect", Nursing Forum 23 (1988):16-29;
4. A. B. Hamric, W. Davis, and M. D. Childress, "Moral Distress in Health-Care Providers: What Is It and What Can We Do about It?" Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 69 (2006):16-23.
5. Chen, Final Exam.
6. Ibid..
7. E. D. Pellegrino and D. C. Thomasma, The Virtues in Medical Practice (New York: Oxford, 1993).
8. P. Chen, "When Nurses and Doctors Can't Do the Right Thing", New York Times, February 5, 2009;
9. A. B. Hamric and L. J. Blackhall, "Nurse-Physician Perspectives on the Care of Dying Patients in Intensive Care Units: Collaboration, Moral Distress, and Ethical Climate", Critical Care Medicine 35 (2007):422-29.
10. D. P. Sulmasy, M. Kai He, R. McAuley, and W. A. Ury, "Beliefs and Attitudes of Nurses and Physicians about Do Not Resuscitate Orders and Who Should Speak to Patients and Families about Them", Critical Care Medicine 36 (2008):1817-22.
11. Ibid..
12. E. G. Epstein and A. B. Hamric, "Moral Distress, Moral Residue, and the Crescendo Effect", Journal of Clinical Ethics, forthcoming.
13. Hamric, Davis, and Childress, "Moral Distress in Health Care Providers."