A Reflection on Moral Distress in Nursing Together With a Current Application of the Concept

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-308

  Jameton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics history; Climate change; Environmental ethics; Global warming; Health care costs; Moral distress; Nursing ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886092029     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-013-9466-3     Document Type: Article

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