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Britta S von Ungern-Sternberg1,2,3,4, Aine Sommerfield1,2,3,4, Karin Becke-Jakob5
1Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Abstract:
When doctors working within healthcare systems under pressure perpetrate, witness, or fail to prevent acts that contradict their own moral or ethical values and expectations, it can lead to moral distress or moral injury. This can result from active behaviour and from purposeful inactive behaviour. It is a growing and critical concern, representing significant distress that extends far beyond traditional concepts such as burnout. This article discusses moral injury in clinical and academic medicine and actively gives suggestions to prevent and address moral injury.
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