Federal Practitioner | Moral Injury in Health Care: A Unified Definition and its Relationship to Burnout

April 15, 2024 - In this month's issue of Federal Practitioner, our Co-founders Drs. Wendy Dean and Simon Talbot publish their latest paper, Moral Injury in Health Care: A Unified Definition and its Relationship to Burnout.

In it, they explain why "[a] unified definition of moral injury must be integrated into the framing of clinician distress alongside burnout, re-centering healthcare on ethical decision making rather than profit."

For clinicians, policymakers, administrators, and patients alike, the paper offers unique insight into how moral injury "emerges from structural constraints on the ability of healthcare professionals to deliver optimal care and stand up for patients, their oaths, and their professions."