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Beyond Moral Injury — Can We Reclaim Agency, Belief, and Joy in Medicine?

Lisa Rosenbaum

2024New England Journal of Medicine10 citationsDOI

Abstract

The current conceptualization of "well-being" may be antithetical to trainees' professionalization. Can we, for the sake of both doctors and patients, reclaim agency, belief, and joy in medicine?

Topics & Concepts

ConceptualizationAgency (philosophy)ProfessionalizationMoral agencyMoral injuryBelief systemPsychologySociologyEnvironmental ethicsEngineering ethicsSocial psychologyEpistemologySocial sciencePhilosophyEngineeringLinguisticsEthics in medical practice