Reflections on the moral injury and coping of medical staff from the perspective of caring ethics
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2024.11.18
- VernacularTitle:关怀伦理视域下医务人员的道德创伤与应对思考
- Author:
Rongqing SHAO
1
;
Yu WANG
Author Information
1. 哈尔滨医科大学人文社会科学学院,黑龙江 哈尔滨 150081
- Keywords:
moral injury;
caring ethics;
moral distress;
self-care
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2024;37(11):1378-1386
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Moral distress in clinical practice is an important factor contributing to the moral injury of medical staff.The core idea of caring ethics emphasizes that caring and being cared for are fundamental human needs,which holds important guiding significance for preventing and treating moral injury of medical staff.By sorting out the basic ideas of caring ethics theory,this paper explained and analyzed the moral injury of medical staff,identifying the main causes of moral injury including individual medical staff exhibiting vulnerability and a low level of self-care;disharmonious doctor-patient relationship and asymmetry in the caring relationship between doctors and patients;and low level of organizational support and the lack of a caring ethical atmosphere.Therefore,with caring as the goal,the moral distress can be alleviated by improving the care literacy and moral resilience of medical staff,building a harmonious caring relationship between doctors and patients,creating a caring environment,forming a caring organizational ethical atmosphere,and other pathways.These are also beneficial attempts to prevent and treat the moral injury of medical staff and to build a doctor-patient destiny community.
