ABSTRACT
The article discusses how physical therapists (PT) and PT assistants (PTA) can help avert projected cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases as of February 2023. Topics covered include CVD's higher incidence among minority groups, and PTs' primary task to assess risk, identify risk factors, and provide risk therapy, and their subsequent task to advise patients on how they can proactively address these risks factors. Also noted are PTs' possible education of underserved populations.
ABSTRACT
The article discusses the concept of moral injury that refers to a provider's inability to provide care due to the conflict of a clinician's task and their calling to help people. It cites a case where two physical therapists (PT) faced an ethical issue on whether to accept the organization's lower care standard mindset or make independent decisions in the patient's best interest. Also noted are these developments' consequences on the PTs' mental health and their effective delivery of care.