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Lucia D. Wocial

Health Professions · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Ethics in medical practicePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient Dignity and PrivacyEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Publications

108

Citations

1,639

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

35

Publishing since 1992

Research summary
AI-generated

Lucia D. Wocial studies ethics in nursing and healthcare, with a strong focus on moral distress—the psychological strain clinicians experience when they cannot act according to their ethical judgment. Her work examines how nurses and care teams navigate difficult decisions, particularly in intensive care, end-of-life, and palliative care settings, and includes developing frameworks for issues like conscientious objection and ethics consultations.

Nursing ethics and moral distressEnd-of-life and palliative careEthics in intensive care settingsConscientious objection and professional responsibilityClinical ethics consultation

Publication activity has been steady with year-to-year variation, averaging about 6.6 papers per year over the last five years and peaking around 2023.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 2 publications18192020: 9 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 11 publications11232024: 6 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • HEC Forum×5
  • Author eBooks×5
  • The American Journal of Bioethics×5
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management×5
  • Nursing Outlook×4

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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