Determinants of moral distress in daily nursing practice: A cross sectional correlational questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-108

  De Veer, Anke J E ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a,b   Struijs, Alies ^c,d   Willems, Dick L ^d,e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Ethics and Health (CEG)   (Netherlands)

^d RVS)   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Leadership; Moral distress; Nurses; Professional Autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MORALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877282241     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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