Development and psychometric testing of a new tool for detecting moral distress: The Moral Distress Thermometer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-174

  Wocial, Lucia D ^a   Weaver, Michael T ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Instrument development; Moral distress; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MORALITY; PSYCHOMETRY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MORALS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84871347487     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06036.x     Document Type: Article

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