A national study of moral distress among U.S. internal medicine physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic
by Jeffrey Sonis, Donald E. Pathman, Susan Read, Bradley N. Gaynes
BackgroundThere have been no studies to date of moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in national samples of U.S. health workers. The purpose of this study was to determine, in a national sample of internal medicine physicians (internists) in the U.S.: 1) the intensity of moral distress; 2) the predictors of moral distress; 3) the outcomes of moral distress.
MethodsWe conducted a national survey with an online panel of internists... Читать дальше...