Moral distress: A comparative analysis of theoretical understandings and inter-related concepts

HEC Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-25

  Lützén, Kim ^a,b   Kvist, Beatrice Ewalds ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethical climate; Moral agency; Moral distress; Moral sensitivity; Moral stress; Stress of conscience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIENCE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA; CONSCIENCE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860834519     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-012-9178-9     Document Type: Article

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