Moral distress in physicians practicing in hospitals affiliated to medical sciences universities

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Abbasi, Mahmoud ^a   Nejadsarvari, Nasrin ^b   Kiani, Mehrzad ^b   Borhani, Fariba ^a   Bazmi, Shabnam ^b   Tavaokkoli, Saeid Nazari ^c   Rasouli, Hamidreza ^d  

^a Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Medical ethics; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORAL DISTRESS SCORE; MORALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84929912602     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: 20741812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.18797     Document Type: Article

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