Moral Distress with Obstacles to Hepatitis C Treatment: A Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) Study of Family Medicine Program Directors

Conclusions: Currently, important ethical dilemmas exist in the access and delivery of HCV therapy. Although a diversity of opinions is noted, a significant proportion of PDs are concerned about patients' inability to avail equitable care and experience distress. In some cases, this moral distress is in response to, and in conflict with, current guidelines.

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Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - March 13, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Simha, A., Maria Webb, C., Prasad, R., Kolb, N. R., Veldkamp, P. J. Tags: Ethics Feature Source Type: research