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ArticleThe American journal of bioethics : AJOB2016

A Broader Understanding of Moral Distress.

Stephen M Campbell, Connie M Ulrich, Christine Grady

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Article in The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Provision of Appropriate Care as a Source of Clinician Distress.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2026
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  6. Moral distress: sometimes, there is no fix.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stephen M Campbella Bentley University.
Connie M Ulrichb University of Pennsylvania.
Christine Gradyc National Institutes of Health.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

On the traditional view, moral distress arises only in cases where an individual believes she knows the morally right thing to do but fails to perform that action due to various constraints. We seek to motivate a broader understanding of moral distress. We begin by presenting six types of distress that fall outside the bounds of the traditional definition and explaining why they should be recognized as forms of moral distress. We then propose and defend a new and more expansive definition of moral distress and examine how it can enable the development of a taxonomy of moral distress.

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MoralsStress, PsychologicalHumansdecision makingmedicinemoral theoryprofessional ethicsprofessional-patient relationship

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PMID27901442

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