Culture and Moral Distress: What's the Connection and Why Does it Matter?
Culture and Moral Distress: What's the Connection and Why Does it Matter?
Culture is learned behavior shared among members of a group and from generation to generation within that group. In health care work, references to ¡°culture¡± may also function as code for ethical uncertainty or moral distress concerning patients, families, or populations. This paper analyzes how culture can be a factor in patient-care situations that produce moral distress.