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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

Moral injury is a normal human response to an abnormal traumatic event—a deep soul wound shattering one’s identity and morality. My job is to prevent human suffering and death—even when inflicted by institutional violence against physicians inside our own hospitals. Solving our crisis requires a definitive diagnosis and treatment plan.

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To Care Or Not

StorytellERdoc

Including them in providing more history and in discussions about testing and treatment plans for their parent benefits not only their parent, but also myself and my team. All the while, the three family members, who I learned later to be her son, her daughter, and grandson, focused all their attention onto a sporting event on the TV.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

First time on the GeriPal podcast, Liz Lilley, who’s a surgeon and faculty in surgery at the Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Eric 07:03 And those classic studies, were those done in the hospital and PALP care units and clinic? Alex 00:18 Prognosis, super special today. And we have some great guests.

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