‘It hurts your heart’: frontline healthcare worker experiences of moral injury during the COVID-19 pandemic

‘It hurts your heart’: frontline healthcare worker experiences of moral injury during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: Moral injury is defined as the strong emotional and cognitive reactions following events which clash with someone’s moral code, values or expectations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, increased exposure to Potentially Morally Injurious Events (PMIEs) has placed healthcare workers (HCWs) at...

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Main Authors: Siobhan Hegarty, Danielle Lamb, Sharon A. M. Stevelink, Rupa Bhundia, Rosalind Raine, Mary Jane Doherty, Hannah R. Scott, Anne Marie Rafferty, Victoria Williamson, Sarah Dorrington, Matthew Hotopf, Reza Razavi, Neil Greenberg, Simon Wessely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Subjects:
moral injury
potentially morally injurious events
pmies
moral distress
healthcare workers
nhs
national health service
covid-19
qualitative
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2128028

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2128028

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