Moral Injury in Health Care: Identification and Repair in the COVID-19 Era

Frontline health-care workers experienced moral injury long before COVID-19, but the pandemic highlighted how pervasive and damaging this psychological harm can be. Moral injury occurs when individuals violate or witness violations of deeply held values and beliefs. We argue that a continuum exists...

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Autores principales: Rosen, Amanda, Cahill, Jonathan M., Dugdale, Lydia S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
Materias:
Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35970958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07761-5
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description Frontline health-care workers experienced moral injury long before COVID-19, but the pandemic highlighted how pervasive and damaging this psychological harm can be. Moral injury occurs when individuals violate or witness violations of deeply held values and beliefs. We argue that a continuum exists between moral distress, moral injury, and burnout. Distinguishing these experiences highlights opportunities for intervention and moral repair, and may thwart progression to burnout.
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spelling pubmed-93776632022-08-15 Moral Injury in Health Care: Identification and Repair in the COVID-19 Era Rosen, Amanda Cahill, Jonathan M. Dugdale, Lydia S. J Gen Intern Med Perspective Frontline health-care workers experienced moral injury long before COVID-19, but the pandemic highlighted how pervasive and damaging this psychological harm can be. Moral injury occurs when individuals violate or witness violations of deeply held values and beliefs. We argue that a continuum exists between moral distress, moral injury, and burnout. Distinguishing these experiences highlights opportunities for intervention and moral repair, and may thwart progression to burnout. Springer International Publishing 2022-08-15 2022-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9377663/ /pubmed/35970958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07761-5 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine 2022
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