Moral distress in the resuscitation of extremely premature infants

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-63

  Molloy, Jennifer ^a   Evans, Marilyn ^b   Coughlin, Kevin ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; extremely premature infants; moral distress; neonatal nursing

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; CONFLICT; ETHICS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NEWBORN NURSING; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; MORALS; NEONATAL NURSING; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESUSCITATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922612524     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014523169     Document Type: Article

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