Must we be courageous?

Hastings Cent Rep. 2015 May-Jun;45(3):33-40. doi: 10.1002/hast.449.

Abstract

Courage is indispensable. Telling caregivers they must be courageous in difficult circumstances is sometimes a back-handed endorsement of oppression, however.

MeSH terms

  • Concept Formation
  • Courage*
  • Empathy
  • Ethical Theory*
  • Ethics, Institutional*
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Ethics, Nursing
  • Humans
  • Moral Obligations
  • Morale
  • Negotiating
  • Nurse-Patient Relations / ethics*
  • Organizational Culture*
  • Physician-Patient Relations / ethics*
  • Stress, Psychological / etiology*
  • Virtues*