title: What We Know About Moral Distress.
abstract: : This article provides an overview of moral distress, including the existing research on the concept, and a discussion of ways to evolve our understanding of moral distress in order to meet current and future practice challenges.
authors.affiliation: Patricia A. Rodney is an associate professor in the School of Nursing and a faculty associate at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is also a research associate at the Providence Health Care Ethics Services in Vancouver. Contact author: paddy.rodney@nursing.ubc.ca. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rodney
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological