Coined in 1984 by philosopher Andrew Jameton, “moral distress” originally described the suffering that nurses experience when institutional or systemic barriers prevent them from acting with integrity ...

Moral distress is a common experience among clinicians, particularly in cases where ethical reasoning and institutional constraints collide. A new study, "When Fulfilling a Professional Obligation ...

The world is currently in the midst of a deadly viral pandemic. A pandemic "can place extraordinary and sustained demands on public health and health systems and on providers of essential community ...

All 21 nurses interviewed experienced ethical dilemmas and distress in their job to some extent ( Table 2). In keeping with the aim of this study, the results are grouped according to the themes of ...

The world is currently in the midst of a deadly viral pandemic. A pandemic "can place extraordinary and sustained demands on public health and health systems and on providers of essential community ...

We've generally been brought up to see two sides to every situation: good and evil. Like two sides in a never-ending war vying for advantage in many societal, financial, scientific and other issues.

What are some of the moral or ethical challenges of Alzheimer’s disease? The very nature of this debilitating brain disorder presents a host of moral and/or ethical challenges both for the affected ...