Gender and the experience of moral distress in critical care nurses

Background:Nursing practice is complex, as nurses are challenged by increasingly intricate moral and ethical judgments. Inadequately studied in underrepresented groups in nursing, moral distress is a serious problem internationally for healthcare professionals with deleterious effects to patients, n...

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Main Author: O’Connell, Christopher B (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2015
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-42
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Nursing
B intensive care
B Moral Distress
B Gender Bias
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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