Moral distress: Tensions as springboards for action

HEC Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-62

  Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Pauly, Bernadette ^b   Webster, George ^c   Storch, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Moral distress; Neoliberalism; Power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MORALE; MORALS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860836270     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-012-9180-2     Document Type: Article

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