Moral Injury in Medicine: The Frontline

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Explore Dr. Wendy Dean’s research on moral injury:

Moral Injury in Health Care: A Unified Definition and its Relationship to Burnout: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11468615/

Guidance for Creating Morally Healthy Organizations That Remediate the Experience of Moral Injury in Health Care: Findings From an International e-Delphi Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39663983/

Explore recent AMA research on moral injury:

Moral Distress and Occupational Burnout in US Physicians: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2846921#google_vignette

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In this first episode of a three-part series, host Heather Farley, MD, MHCDS sits down with Wendy Dean MD, a moral injury expert, to unpack how the language around moral injury matters, and what happens with health care systems ask clinicians to practice in ways that violate their professional identity and values.

From prior authorization battles to restrictive referral policies, they explore the real-world forces driving moral injury and what health systems can do to start to heal the trust gap between clinicians and leadership.