Phenomenon of moral distress through the aspect of interpretive interactionism

Background:Most previous studies on moral distress focused on the factors that cause moral distress, paying inadequate attention to the moral conflict of nurses’ values, the physician–nurse power hierarchy, and the influence of the culture.Research objective:To analyze the main causes for moral dist...

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Authors: Ko, Hsun-Kuei (Author) ; Chin, Chi-Chun (Author) ; Hsu, Min-Tao (Author) ; Lee, Shu-Li (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2019
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 5, Pages: 1484-1493
Further subjects:B Ethics
B interpretive interactionism
B Dilemma
B Conflict
B Moral Distress
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