Moral distress in medicine
An ethical analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4228806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Kherbache (KU Leuven), Evelyne Mertens (0000-0001-8154-3346, KU Leuven), Yvonne Denier (0000-0002-3715-4236, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1971-1990 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13591053211014586 |
| PMID | 33938314 |
| OpenAlex | W3157226730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 70 |
Moral distress is a negative emotional response that occurs when physicians know the morally correct action but are prevented from taking it because of internal or external constraints. Moral distress undermines a physician's ethical integrity, leading to anger, poor job satisfaction, reduced quality of care and burnout. Scarce literature exists on the ethical aspects of moral distress in medicine. We conducted an ethical analysis of moral distress as experienced by physicians and analysed it from the literature using two predominant ethical theories: principlism and care ethics. Finally, we consider the emergence of moral distress in medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic
Action (physics · Anger · Burnout · Distress · Ethics in medical practice · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |