Opinion | In coronavirus pandemic, for healthcare workers, despair is only human
for many of them, not only in risking disease but also in a feeling of helplessness and despair that, without the right support, can last a lifetime.
In the weeks ahead, health care workers may experience even more distress over actions or omissions that violate their sense of duty to their patients, or even their moral and ethical codes. Often called moral injury, the result is pervasive anxiety, depression, shame or self-doubt. Moral injury is burnout on steroids.
Story continuesThroughout history, soldiers as well as their leaders have wrestled with the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, particularly when deciding who lives or dies. Moral injury is a common experience of combat veterans, most recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. The soldiers coming out of Vietnam expressed similar worries and misgivings about their actions or inactions.
Other lessons learned from military medicine help assuage the stress and distress. The military sets up behavioral health teams that are organic to the fighting units and embedded in daily operations. These teams are composed of psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers that can engage leadership and decision makers.
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