moral distress
A form of emotional or psychological distress that occurs when a person knows the…A form of emotional or psychological distress that occurs when a person knows the ethically appropriate action to take but is prevented from acting due to external constraints, such as policy restrictions or an insufficiently powerful role.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A form of emotional or psychological distress that occurs when a person knows the ethically appropriate action to take but is prevented from acting due to external constraints, such as policy restrictions or an insufficiently powerful role.
Origin
The term was first used in clinical nursing literature in the 1980s and first formally desThe term was first used in clinical nursing literature in the 1980s and first formally described by Andrew Jameton in 1984.
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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