Framing the issues: Moral distress in health care

HEC Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Pauly, Bernadette M ^a,b   Varcoe, Colleen ^c   Storch, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical practice; Healthcare; Moral distress; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFLICT; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY;

CANADA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858740647     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-012-9176-y     Document Type: Article

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