Fourteen Important Concepts Regarding Moral Distress

J Clin Ethics. 2017 Spring;28(1):3-14.

Abstract

I suggest that we may want to strive, over time, to change our present professional-cultural view, from one that sees an expression of moral distress as a threat, to a professional-cultural view that welcomes these challenges. Such an effort to better medicine would not only include dissenting clinicians, but patients (and their loved ones) as well.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Conflict, Psychological
  • Dissent and Disputes
  • Humans
  • Morals*
  • Stress, Psychological / etiology*