title: Must we be courageous?
abstract: Courage is indispensable. Telling caregivers they must be courageous in difficult circumstances is sometimes a back-handed endorsement of oppression, however.
authors.forename: Ann B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hamric
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Arras
authors.forename: Margaret E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mohrmann
mesh_terms: D003210:Concept Formation; D066279:Courage; D004645:Empathy; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009013:Morale; D017008:Negotiating; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D028722:Virtues