Moral Injury in Health Care: Identification and Repair in the COVID-19 Era. Editorial Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • August 15, 2022

Research

keywords

  • Burnout, Professional
  • COVID-19
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC9377663

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85135979289

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1213/ane.0000000000004912

PubMed ID

  • 35970958

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 37

issue

  • 14