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Seeing Ourselves as Moral Agents in Relation to Our Organizational and Sociopolitical Contexts

Commentary on “A Reflection on Moral Distress in Nursing Together With a Current Application of the Concept” by Andrew Jameton

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The original article by Andrew Jameton, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, can be located at doi:10.1007/s11673-013-9466-3.

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Rodney, P.A. Seeing Ourselves as Moral Agents in Relation to Our Organizational and Sociopolitical Contexts. Bioethical Inquiry 10, 313–315 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-013-9461-8

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