Moral distress among healthcare professionals at a health system
Rose Allen1, Tanya Judkins-Cohn, Raul deVelasco
1Bioethics & Palliative Care, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL 33176, USA. rosea@baptisthealth.net
Abstract:
Moral distress is increasingly recognized as a problem affecting healthcare professionals. If not addressed, it may create job dissatisfaction, withdrawal from the moral dimensions of patient care, or even leaving the profession. Using the 21-Moral Distress Scale-Revised to assess moral distress, 323 surveys were received from 5 healthcare disciplines. The overall results showed that all disciplines experienced moderate to high actual moral distress, related to similar and/or different patient care situations.
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