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“I can't be the nurse I want to be”: Counter-stories of moral distress in nurses' narratives of pediatric oncology caregiving

Abstract

As a term used in nursing and other health professions to describe when one is prevented by institutional constraints from pursuing the right course of action, moral distress has gained traction to examine the effects of restructuring on health and social care providers. Using a critical narrative methodology, this paper presents the counter-stories of nine pediatric oncology nurses in Ontario, Canada, whose stories illustrate the embeddedness …

Authors

Molinaro ML; Polzer J; Rudman DL; Savundranayagam M

Journal

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 320, ,

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

March 2023

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115677

ISSN

0277-9536