Nursing ethics
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Multicenter Study
Priority-setting dilemmas, moral distress and support experienced by nurses and physicians in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has imposed challenges on healthcare systems and professionals worldwide and introduced a ´maelstrom´ of ethical dilemmas. How ethically demanding situations are handled affects employees' moral stress and job satisfaction. ⋯ Empirical research of healthcare workers experiences under a pandemic are important to identify groups at risks and useful support mechanisms.