Barbara de Mori

Kati White1,2* Laura Hänninen1 Anna Valros1 1Research Centre for Animal Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland 2SEY, Animal Welfare Finland, Helsinki, Finland Caring for wildlife casualties is a common aspect of animal-protection work. The range of care options of wildlife in Finland vary from professional zoos to voluntary members of the public.

Introduction Residents of distressed areas of inner cities have been found to have less access to many of life’s necessities and amenities than their more well-off counterparts. Scholars have identified health care and pharmacy deserts in poor and minority areas leaving low-income residents with little access to physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and pharmacies—particularly national chain pharmacies—which are needed to access both medication and primary care (2–5).

Introduction Veterinary team members commonly encounter ethically challenging situations (ECS), a potential source of moral distress which may negatively impact wellbeing, in their daily work (1–8). Moral distress is defined as “the experience of psychological distress that results from engaging in, or failing to prevent, decisions or behaviors that transgress, or come to transgress, personally held moral or ethical beliefs” (9).