Journal article
Moral distress experienced by health care professionals who provide home-based palliative care
Abstract
Health care providers regularly encounter situations of moral conflict and distress in their practice. Moral distress may result in unfavorable outcomes for both health care providers and those in their care. The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of moral distress from a broad range of health care occupations that provide home-based palliative care as the initial step of addressing the issue. A critical incident approach was …
Authors
Brazil K; Kassalainen S; Ploeg J; Marshall D
Journal
Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 71, No. 9, pp. 1687–1691
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.032
ISSN
0277-9536