Background: Moral distress is a neglected issue in most palliative education programmes,
and research has largely focused on this phenomenon as an occupational problem for …

This article is a review of the literature on the subject of how nurses who provide palliative
care are affected by ethical issues. Few publications focus directly on the moral experience …

Background: Caring for dying people can contribute to moral distress experienced by
healthcare professionals. Moral distress can occur when this caring is restricted by …

Nurses are frequently confronted with ethical dilemmas in their nursing practice. As a
consequence, nurses report experiencing moral distress. The aim of this review was to …

Doctors' and nurses' perceptions of ethical problems in end‐of‐life decisions Aims. To
identify and compare doctors' and nurses' perceptions of ethical problems. Rationale. Ethical …

Aims and objectives To examine the level and frequency of moral distress in staff nurses
working in two types of units in an acute care hospital and to gather information for future …

OBJECTIVES: Moral distress (MD) occurs when the health care provider feels certain of the
ethical course of action but is constrained from taking that action. The purpose was to …

Background: Moral distress has been identified as a significant issue in nursing practice for
many decades. However, most studies have involved American nurses or Western medicine …

Moral distress has received much attention in the international nursing literature in recent
years. In this article, we describe the evolution of the concept of moral distress among …

Background Critical care nurses providing care for adults at the end of life may encounter
moral distress when they cannot do what they believe is ethically correct. Psychological …