Investigating Moral Distress in Clinical Research Professionals-A Deep Dive into Troubled Waters.

ABSTRACT: Moral distress occurs when professionals are constrained from taking what they believe to be ethically appropriate actions or are forced to take actions they believe are ethically inappropriate, challenging their professional identities and representing systems-level issues within organizations. Moral distress has been recognized in a variety of health care-related fields; however, the phenomenon is still comparatively unexplored among clinical research professionals (CRPs). In this qualitative study, we interviewed ten CRPs to unearth root causes of moral distress in this ethically unique profession. Four themes emerged from the data as contributors to moral distress: commodification of research; concern for research participants; compromised science; and structures of hierarchy. The expe

SUBMITTER: Bosack E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11696204 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature