This is the first book on the market or within academia dedicated solely to moral distress
among health professionals. It aims to bring conceptual clarity about moral distress and
distinguish it from related concepts. Explicit attention is given to the voices and experiences
of health care professionals from multiple disciplines and many parts of the world.
Contributors explain the evolution of the concept of moral distress sources of moral distress
including those that arise at the unit team and organization system level and possible
solutions to address moral distress at every level. A liberal use of case studies will make the
phenomenon palpable to readers. This volume provides information not only for academia and
educational initiatives but also for practitioners and the research community and will serve
as a professional resource for courses in health professional schools bioethics and business
as well as in the hospital wards intensive care units long-term care facilities hospice and
ambulatory practice sites in which moral distress originates.
