Moral Injury in Medicine: When Doing Your Best Still Feels Wrong
March 25, 2026
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Moral injury in healthcare highlights deeper ethical conflict beyond burnout, with serious clinician wellbeing risks.
Work-related stress, burnout, fatigue, and mental health problems are increasingly prevalent among healthcare professionals. A study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings in 2022 found that over 3 in 5 physicians reported burnout in 2021. Similarly, the National Academy of Medicine reported that between 35-54% of nurses experienced burnout symptoms in 2019.
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