Health care workers experienced high rates of potential moral injury during the COVID-19 pandemic that were comparable to rates among U.S. military veterans who served after Sept. 11, 2001, according to a recent study.
The findings were published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Moral injury is defined as the “psychological, biological, spiritual, behavioral and social impact of perpetrating, failing to prevent, or bearing witness to acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectations,” Jason A. Nieuwsma, PhD, a researcher in the Department of Veterans