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Fitting anger and patient wrongdoing.
- Source :
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Clinical Ethics . Dec2023, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p347-353. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- As a result of the stress of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers have been expressing a great deal of frustration and anger, sometimes directed at patients who have chosen not to get vaccinated. This paper examines the moral status of such anger in light of philosophical treatments of anger's purpose, benefits, and drawbacks. A theory of appropriate anger is sketched, after which healthcare workers' anger toward perceived patient wrongdoing is assessed in light of philosophical considerations for and against anger. Ultimately, it is argued that it would be better for nurses and doctors not to experience this kind of anger, and this conclusion is used to motivate a moral case for additional support for overtaxed healthcare workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANGER management
*MEDICAL personnel
*ANGER
*COVID-19 pandemic
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14777509
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173655723
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509231155566