Understanding Moral Injury Morbidity: A Qualitative Study Examining Chaplain’s Perspectives

Moral injury tends to be conceptualized through an interplay of psychological and religious concerns. Recent qualitative research has begun utilizing chaplains to bolster the understanding of moral injury within veterans. The current study examined qualitative data regarding how moral injury is view...

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Autores principales: Boska, Rachel L., Dunlap, Shawn, Kopacz, Marek, Bishop, Todd M., Harris, J. Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34480691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01414-3
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description Moral injury tends to be conceptualized through an interplay of psychological and religious concerns. Recent qualitative research has begun utilizing chaplains to bolster the understanding of moral injury within veterans. The current study examined qualitative data regarding how moral injury is viewed through the lens of Chaplain Services within the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Specifically, chaplains were asked to describe how moral injury presents, what kinds of complaints veterans voice with regard to moral injury, and how moral injury impacts social functioning. Chaplains highlighted how moral injury is a pervasive issue affecting veterans across multiple domains. Clinical implications discussed further.
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spelling pubmed-84182822021-09-07 Understanding Moral Injury Morbidity: A Qualitative Study Examining Chaplain’s Perspectives Boska, Rachel L. Dunlap, Shawn Kopacz, Marek Bishop, Todd M. Harris, J. Irene J Relig Health Original Paper Moral injury tends to be conceptualized through an interplay of psychological and religious concerns. Recent qualitative research has begun utilizing chaplains to bolster the understanding of moral injury within veterans. The current study examined qualitative data regarding how moral injury is viewed through the lens of Chaplain Services within the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Specifically, chaplains were asked to describe how moral injury presents, what kinds of complaints veterans voice with regard to moral injury, and how moral injury impacts social functioning. Chaplains highlighted how moral injury is a pervasive issue affecting veterans across multiple domains. Clinical implications discussed further. Springer US 2021-09-04 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8418282/ /pubmed/34480691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01414-3 Text en © This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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