Constructing a theoretical model of moral distress

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 608-615

  Barlem, Edison Luiz Devos ^a   Ramos, Flávia Regina Souza ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethics; nursing; nursing models

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORALS; NURSES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939601389     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014551595     Document Type: Article

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