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Moral Distress: Tensions as Springboards for Action

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Author	Varcoe, Colleen Pauly, Bernadette Webster, George Storch, Janet
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	In the previous four papers in this series, individual versus structural or contextual factors have informed various understandings of moral distress. In this final paper, we summarize some of the key tensions raised in previous papers and use these tensions as springboards to identify directions for action among practitioners, educators, researchers, policymakers and others. In particular, we recognize the need to more explicitly politicize the concept of moral distress in order to understand how such distress arises from competing values within power dynamics across multiple interrelated contexts from interpersonal to international. We propose that the same socio-political values that tend to individualize and blame people for poor health without regard for social conditions in which health inequities proliferate, hold responsible, individualize and even blame health care providers for the problem of moral distress. Grounded in a critical theoretical perspective of context, definitions of moral distress are re-examined and refined. Finally, recommendations for action that emerge from a re-conceptualized understanding of moral distress are provided.
Starting Page	51
Ending Page	62
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09562737
Journal	HEC Forum
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728498
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-04-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Moral distress Power Critical theory Neoliberalism Ethics Theory of Medicine/Bioethics Medical Law Philosophy of Medicine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects Health (social science) Health Policy

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