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How healthcare social workers create meaning from their experiences with moral distress
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Miller, Hali |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Social workers employed in healthcare are often present for clients during times of heightened stress and emotion. They are called upon to diffuse tensions that frequently exist between competing interests that involve clients, colleagues, external resources, and agency interests. Moral distress arises when value conflicts exist, and create implications to the social worker or client. In pursuit of core values that honor social justice, social workers in healthcare are often caught within conflicts as they pursue advocacy for marginalized clients. Using an ethics of care perspective within a feminist framework, this study uses a cross-sectional exploratory design to examine the ways in which social workers in healthcare make meaning from their experiences with moral distress. Eight social workers employed with the Fraser Health Authority were interviewed and offered their experiences with moral distress within a healthcare setting. They revealed their perspectives on the origins and outcomes of their moral distress, means of resolve and the transformations that have occurred. Implications for practice and possibilities for future research are discussed. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ufv.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ufv:312/datastream/PDF/view |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
