‘Moral distress’ – time to abandon a flawed nursing construct?

Moral distress has been characterised in the nursing literature as a major problem affecting nurses in all healthcare systems. It has been portrayed as threatening the integrity of nurses and ultimately the quality of patient care. However, nursing discourse on moral distress is not without controve...

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Authors: Johnstone, Megan-Jane (Author) ; Hutchinson, Alison (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-14
Further subjects:B Nursing Ethics
B patient safety
B moral risk
B Moral Distress
B moral safety
B preventive ethics
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