Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Military Healthcare Clinicians: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Healthcare clinicians are often at risk of psychological distress due to the nature of their occupation. Military healthcare providers are at risk for additional psychological suffering related to unique moral and ethical situations encountered in military service. This scoping review identifies key characteristics of moral distress and moral injury and how these concepts relate to the military healthcare clinician who is both a care provider and service member.

Methods

A scoping review of moral distress and moral injury literature as relates to the military healthcare clinician was conducted on the basis of the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review framework. Databases searched included CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE (Ovid), Em

SUBMITTER: Wilson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832382 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature