Pediatr. praxi 2017; 18(4): 248-252 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2017.083

Moral distress of physicians and nurses in pediatric care

prof. PhDr. Jiří Mareš, CSc.
Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Hradci Králové

The overview study presents to pediatric public some topics that are important for the care of child patients but so far are notan object of deeper interest in the Czech Republic. There are cases where healthcare professionals know what would be right todo for child patients but external obstacles (economic, pressure from superiors, co-workers or parents) prevent them from carryingit out. The study summarizes the experience from abroad and divides them into four sections: 1. It defines the term moraldistress and terms related to it; 2. It presents two models of moral distress as examples; 3. It introduces assessment procedures(quantitative, qualitative and mixed); 4. It illustrates the main research directions dealing with this phenomenon. It points out thatthe attention of researchers is so far focused on the moral distress faced by physicians and nurses in hospitals, while the study ofmoral distress faced by medical staff in outpatient facilities remains aside.

Keywords: pediatrics, moral distress, physician, nurse, assessment

Received: February 21, 2019; Accepted: March 8, 2019; Prepublished online: March 8, 2019; Published: October 1, 2017  Show citation

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