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.