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    Nurses' perceptions of and responses to morally distressing situations
    with C. Varcoe, B. Pauly, J. Storch, and K. Makaroff
    Nursing Ethics 19 (4): 488-500. 2012.
    Research on moral distress has paid limited attention to nurses’ responses and actions. In a survey of nurses’ perceptions of moral distress and ethical climate, 292 nurses answered three open-ended questions about situations that they considered morally distressing. Participants identified a range of situations as morally distressing, including witnessing unnecessary suffering, being forced to provide care that compromised values, and negative judgments about patients. They linked these situati…Read more
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    Ethics for hospital ethics committees: an introduction
    Hec Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Hospitals' Ethical and Legal Issues 2 (6): 381. 1990.