Once a term used primarily by moral philosophers,“moral distress” is increasingly used by
health professionals to name experiences of frustration and failure in fulfilling moral …

Healthcare professionals are moral agents whose fiduciary relationship with the public is
animated by responsibility and the promise to use knowledge and skills to aid those in their …

Despite over three decades of research into the sources and costs of what has become an
“epidemic” of moral distress among healthcare professionals, spanning many clinical …

Moral distress, is, at its core, an organizational problem. It is experienced on a personal
level, but its causes originate within the system itself. In this commentary, we argue that …

Recent medical and bioethics literature shows a growing concern for practitioners' emotional
experience and the ethical environment in the workplace. Moral distress, in particular, is …

Moral distress in health care has been identified as a growing concern and a focus of
research in nursing and health care for almost three decades. Researchers and theorists …

The Medical Center Hour is the University of Virginia School of Medicine's weekly
multidisciplinary forum on medicine and society. Founded in 1971 by physician and former …

BY CONNIE M. ULRICH, ANN B. HAMRIC, AND CHRISTINE GRADY the insightful and
provocative book Final Exam, noted author and liver transplant surgeon Pauline Chen …

On the traditional view, moral distress arises only in cases where an individual believes she
knows the morally right thing to do but fails to perform that action due to various constraints …

" Suffering is an unavoidable reality in health care. Not only are patients and families
suffering but also the clinicians who care for them. Commonly the suffering experienced by …