Moral injury and telemental health services : an overview on clinician impact /
Moral injury and telemental health services : an overview on clinician impact /
Deana Goldin, Carissa Caban-Aleman, & Heidi von Harscher
- Thorofare, New Jersey : Slack Incorporated, 2022
- Vol 60 (11) : pages 49-54
Moral injury develop from enduring complex moral conflicts that occur when one's beliefs and values are violated by committing, perpetrating, failing to prevent, or witnessing acts that transgress one's deep moral compass. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and the extraordinary impact to patients and health care systems around the globe, telemental health has rapidly expanded as a means to optimize resource use and comply with social distancing mandated. Social determinants of health, which include financial inequity and lock downs, resulting in disproportionate delays in timely mental health diagnosis and management. The current article discusses an overview of how the demands of the pandemic have forced mental health clinicians working in telemental health to face a wide range of complex ethical and moral dilemmas.
Moral dilemma
Moral injury
Moral injury develop from enduring complex moral conflicts that occur when one's beliefs and values are violated by committing, perpetrating, failing to prevent, or witnessing acts that transgress one's deep moral compass. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and the extraordinary impact to patients and health care systems around the globe, telemental health has rapidly expanded as a means to optimize resource use and comply with social distancing mandated. Social determinants of health, which include financial inequity and lock downs, resulting in disproportionate delays in timely mental health diagnosis and management. The current article discusses an overview of how the demands of the pandemic have forced mental health clinicians working in telemental health to face a wide range of complex ethical and moral dilemmas.
Moral dilemma
Moral injury