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Bringing humanity into healthcare: Treating moral injury in a physician population
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering ; 83(12-B):No Pagination Specified, 2022.
Article in English | APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2084288
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Despite facing various challenges relating to mental health and often dealing with a highly stressful work environment, physicians often feel as though they cannot readily access mental healthcare services. This is due to an array of elements, such as personality factors, systemic barriers, and cultural issues. While the prevalence of mental health difficulties within a physician population is relatively well researched, very little has been done to address the obstacles to treatment. Physicians are regularly exposed to potentially traumatic experiences and often make morally ambiguous decisions. While highly trained and undeniably competent, no physician is perfect, and medical errors with severe consequences do happen. Further, healthcare systems face unprecedented challenges worldwide due to circumstances following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This manuscript discusses the risk of what is known as Moral Injury in a physician population due to everyday difficulties and the extraordinary circumstances resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the discussion is then broadened to propose implementing a form of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a means of treatment for said Moral Injury. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Language: English Journal: Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Language: English Journal: Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering Year: 2022 Document Type: Article