The collective experience of moral distress: a qualitative analysis of perspectives of frontline health workers during COVID-19
Findings advance understandings of moral distress as a relational experience, collectively felt, constituted, and experienced by healthcare workers. Considering how to harness collective solidarity in effectively responding to moral distress experienced across the frontline healthcare workforce is critical.
Authors
- Sophie Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4639-217X)
- Natasha Smallwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-3586)
- Karen Willis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-8814)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Victoria University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-024-00162-y
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Ethics in medical practice
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 19.71
Funders
- Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation