Aid workers consistently face a host of moral challenges and often have to make difficult choices. Organizations need to be aware of the mental impact on their staff and provide support.
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An expert in military decision-making explains the real-life consequences of war and the long-term psychological toll that endures.
Health organisations must play their part in preventing burnout and moral injury in workers. Most factors leading to it – such as lack of resources and staff – are outside the control of individuals.
The resignation of the director-general of health and two of his deputies highlights the risk of burnout during the pandemic. What can employers do to help overwhelmed workers?
Exhausted and demoralized nurses are leaving the profession at alarming rates as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.
A scholar of the Rwandan genocide argues that while a genocide and a pandemic are very different, the experiences of Rwanda’s survivors may provide lessons on how to heal from pandemic trauma.
By 2030, the WHO projects a worldwide workforce shortfall of about 18 million health-care workers, with potentially deadly consequences for patients, economies and our communities.
Nurses on both sides of the border report that they aren’t getting the support they need to feel safe on the job and maintain their own health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moral injury happens when someone is faced with a choice that violates deep moral beliefs. Health-care workers treating COVID-19 might be forced to choose between ‘wrong’ and ‘wronger.’
Doctors are being forced to make difficult choices regarding who gets ventilators in this pandemic. An expert argues why this has parallels with choices soldiers have to make during wartime.
A recent review found moral injury was experienced by a wide range of people in different professions, including journalists, police, teachers and soldiers.
The inability to reconcile wartime actions with a personal moral code can create lasting psychological consequences for veterans.
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Director, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies; Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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PTSD Postdoctoral Fellow, New Mexico VA HCS, University of Oregon
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Homewood Chair in Mental Health and Trauma and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Postdoctoral research associate, King's College London
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Professor of Defence Mental Health, King's College London
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Researcher, King's College London
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Researcher, King's College London
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Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Western University
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Associate Professor, Nursing, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor, Nursing, University of Windsor
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Assistant professor of clinical psychology, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
