Moral Distress and its Interconnection with Moral Sensitivity and Moral Resilience: Viewed from the Philosophy of Viktor E. Frankl

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-324

  Lützén, Kim ^a,b,e   Ewalds Kvist, Béatrice ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Existential analysis; Meaning; Moral distress; Moral resilience; Moral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84886085887     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-013-9469-0     Document Type: Article

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