'I'll Never Be Your Beast of Burden': Physician Burnout and Moral Injury

ABSTRACT

[...]on Saturday afternoon, a troubleshooter from the help desk at Genesis Systems called me on my cell phone. Because of this error, my help desk friend was unable to complete the program, and so, after 3 days and rising tensions, it was referred to someone at the state level, who sent me an automatic reply that he was unavailable. First used to describe veterans returning from the Vietnam War, moral injury has been extended to the health care field to help further explain and refine causes of burnout.2 Burnout suggests individual deficit.