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      Moral distress in end-of-life decisions: A qualitative study of intensive care physicians.

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          Abstract

          The purpose is to explore triggers for moral distress, constraints preventing physicians from doing the right thing and ensuing consequences in making decisions for patients approaching end of life in intensive care.

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          Journal
          J Crit Care
          Journal of critical care
          Elsevier BV
          1557-8615
          0883-9441
          April 2021
          : 62
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK. Electronic address: una.stledger@belfasttrust.hscni.net.
          [2 ] The School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK. Electronic address: j.reid@qub.ac.uk.
          [3 ] Freelance Ethicist, School House, Macken, Co Fermanagh, UK. Electronic address: a.begleyschoolhouse@gmail.com.
          [4 ] Division of Critical Care and Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Electronic address: peter.dodek@ubc.ca.
          [5 ] Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK. Electronic address: d.f.mcauley@qub.ac.uk.
          [6 ] The School of Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK. Electronic address: l.prior@qub.ac.uk.
          [7 ] Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK. Electronic address: b.blackwood@qub.ac.uk.
          Article
          S0883-9441(20)30813-3
          10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.12.019
          33421686
          88edfb86-6a61-4288-a78a-9b1e4c89c7e5
          History

          End of life care,Qualitative,Withdrawing treatment,Withholding treatment,Critical care physicians,Moral distress

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