https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/jmehm/issue/feed 2025-07-26T12:03:03+00:00 Admin m.davvari@knowledgee.com Open Journal Systems <p>The&nbsp;<strong><em>Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine</em></strong>&nbsp;is the official scientific publication of the&nbsp;<strong>Medical Ethics and History of Medicine of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.&nbsp;</strong>Physicians and health practitioners always deal with ethical issues in treatment and management of diseases. The advent of new biomedical technologies further complicated the moral and societal issues of medical research and practice. Religious and cultural differences more emphasize the need for nationalizing this knowledge. The&nbsp;<strong><em>Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine (J Med Ethics Hist Med)&nbsp;</em></strong>is an opportunity for healthcare professionals as well as theologians, philosophers, and sociologists to present and discuss their ideas from several aspects in relation to medical ethics and bioethics. In addition this Journal traces its roots to several aspects of History of Medicine which further emphasizes on Iranian and Islamic era.</p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">All the manuscripts should be submitted through the Journal Primary Website at <a href="https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/about/submissions">https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/about/submissions</a></strong></p> https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/jmehm/article/view/19212 2025-07-26T12:03:03+00:00 Somayeh Mohammadi none@none.com Mahnaz Rakhshan none@none.com Mostafa Roshanzadeh none@none.com Parvin Ghaemmaghami none@none.com Hamid Reza Hamidian none@none.com

<p>Decline in compassionate care is potentially linked to moral distress and fostering different aspects of organizational citizenship behavior can reduce the outcome of moral distress. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior in the relationship between compassionate care and moral distress among nurses. For this purpose, a correlational study design using structural equation modeling was employed. Between December 2023 and March 2024, 300 nurses were selected through convenience sampling from hospitals in Fars Province, southern Iran. Data were collected using the Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire, the Compassionate Care Questionnaire for Nurses, and the Moral Distress Questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 22 and Smart-PLS software. Our findings showed that compassionate care, combined with the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior, significantly impacted moral distress (t = 2.442, P &lt; 0.015, β = -0.071). Pearson’s correlation coefficients showed that compassionate care had a positive and significant relationship with organizational citizenship behavior (r = 0.444, P &lt; 0.001) and a negative and significant relationship with moral distress (r = -0.353, P &lt; 0.001). It is therefore recommended that managers in clinical systems focus on training nurses who exhibit appropriate organizational citizenship behavior in health-care settings.</p>

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