RT Article
T1 Reasons to Redefine Moral Distress: A Feminist Empirical Bioethics Analysis
JF Bioethics
VO 35
IS 1
SP 61
OP 71
A1 Morley, Georgina
A1 Bradbury-Jones, Caroline
A1 Ives, Jonathan 1980-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1744585032
AB There has been increasing debate in recent years about the conceptualization of moral distress. Broadly speaking, two groups of scholars have emerged: those who agree with Jameton’s ‘narrow definition’ that focuses on constraint and those who argue that Jameton’s definition is insufficient and needs to be broadened. Using feminist empirical bioethics, we interviewed critical care nurses in the United Kingdom about their experiences and conceptualizations of moral distress. We provide our broader definition of moral distress and examples of data that both challenge and support our conceptualization. We pre-empt and overcome three key challenges that could be levelled at our account and argue that there are good reasons to adopt our broader definition of moral distress when exploring prevalence of, and management strategies for, moral distress.
K1 clinical ethics
K1 Clinical Practice
K1 empirical bioethics
K1 Feminist ethics
K1 Moral Distress
K1 Nursing Ethics
DO 10.1111/bioe.12783