Nurses' perceptions of and responses to morally distressing situations

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-500

  Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Pauly, Bernie ^b   Storch, Jan ^b   Newton, Lorelei ^b   Makaroff, Kara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incompetence; moral agency; moral distress; nursing action; organizational context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863217816     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011436025     Document Type: Article

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