Citation

Berger JT, Hamric AB, Epstein E. J. Clin. Ethics 2019; 30(4): 314-317.

Affiliation

Associate Professor in and Chair of the Department of Acute and Specialty Care, University of Virginia School of Nursing; Associate Professor, the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, University Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

31851622

Abstract

Moral distress is a phenomenon increasingly recognized in healthcare that occurs when a clinician is unable to act in a manner consistent with his or her moral requirements due to external constraints. We contend that some experiences of moral distress are self-inflicted due to one's under-assertion of professional authority, and these are potentially avoidable. In this article we outline causes of self-inflicted moral distress and offer recommendations for mitigation.

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Language: en