Gender and the experience of moral distress in critical care nurses

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-42

  O’Connell, Christopher B ^a  

^a MN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; gender bias; intensive care; moral distress; nursing

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRITICAL CARE NURSING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MORALS; NURSES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922600983     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733013513216     Document Type: Article

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