[Moral injury in medicine: recognition and guidance].

Autor: Kok HN; Radboudumc, afd. IQ healthcare, Nijmegen.; Contact: H. N. Kok (niek.kok@radboudumc.nl)., Hoedemaekers CWE; Radboudumc, afd. Intensive Care, Nijmegen., Zegers M; Radboudumc, afd. Intensive Care, Nijmegen., van Gurp JLP; Radboudumc, afd. IQ healthcare, Nijmegen.
Jazyk: Dutch; Flemish
Zdroj: Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 2023 Aug 10; Vol. 167. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 10.
Abstrakt: Moral injury signifies a permanent mental wound characterized by feelings of guilt, shame, anger or moral disorientation. Physicians may become morally injured whenever they act in a way that conflicts with deeply held, moral beliefs. During a pandemic, a war or whenever physicians provide care to large numbers of refugees, there is a heightened risk of moral injury. These circumstances cause conditions of scarcity of personnel and resources, and urge governments and societies to sometimes ask physicians to act in manners which conflict with their moral beliefs. Moral injury can have damning consequences for the professionals involved. That is why it is essential that physicians learn to recognize the signs of moral injury within themselves and with colleagues.
Databáze: MEDLINE