moral distress

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

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词源

The term was first used in clinical nursing literature in the 1980s and first formally described by Andrew Jameton in 1984.

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