What to Do, What to Do? ( 4 / 5 Stars for Scope and Solutions of MD)

One of the reason why moral distress remains in the work environment is because it is difficult to combat. Tools have been developed to assess levels of MD, such as the MDS-I and the MDS-II, that use surveys to assess MD levels in HCPs. However, the data collected can be prone to being deemed not actionable because there are few known reliable MD interventions that will reduce MD. Thus, these researchers developed a moral distress consult service. Their article summarizing root cause analyses of MD and the potential utility of the consult service was then published in the international and peer-reviewed journal HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum in June of 2017.

Hamric, A.B. & Epstein, E.G. HEC Forum (2017) 29: 127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-016-9315-y

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10730-016-9315-y