Journal article
Ethical issues experienced by healthcare workers in nursing homes
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ethical issues are increasingly being reported by care-providers; however, little is known about the nature of these issues within the nursing home. Ethical issues are unavoidable in healthcare and can result in opportunities for improving work and care conditions; however, they are also associated with detrimental outcomes including staff burnout and moral distress.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this review was to identify prior …
Authors
Preshaw DH; Brazil K; McLaughlin D; Frolic A
Journal
Nursing Ethics, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 490–506
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
August 2016
DOI
10.1177/0969733015576357
ISSN
0969-7330