TY  - JOUR
T1  - PErceptions of appropriateness of care in the intensive care unit
AU  - Ulrich CM, Grady C
Y1  - 2012/04/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.394
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1370
EP  - 1372
VL  - 307
IS  - 13
N2  - 
To the Editor: Moral distress is a common problem in today's health care environment. Dr Piers and colleagues1 shed light on this important ethical concept in their international study of ICU nurses and physicians. They showed that a perception of providing inappropriate care was associated with moral distress and intent to leave one's job. This study raises awareness of the impact of ethics in day-to-day clinical care and attention to the concerns of direct caregivers, but also raises a number of questions.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.394
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.394
ER  -