Moral distress in intensive care unit professionals is associated with profession, age, and years of experience

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 178-182

  Dodek, Peter M ^a,b   Wong, Hubert ^a,b   Norena, Monica ^a   Ayas, Najib ^a,b   Reynolds, Steven C ^b,c   Keenan, Sean P ^b,c   Hamric, Ann ^d   Rodney, Patricia ^b,e   Stewart, Miriam ^a   Alden, Lynn ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Providence Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demographics; Intensive care unit; Moral distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MORAL DISTRESS; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STRESS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84948845572     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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