The term ‘moral injury’ originated in the military as a way to describe psychological stress caused by events that are interpreted as unjust. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the term is being applied to refer to the emotionally difficult and unique circumstances that healthcare providers are facing, and there is significant concern that … [Read more...]
Measures to Identify Moral Injury Endured by Healthcare Workers
Differences Revealed in Actual and Perceived Diet Quality Among Cancer Survivors
It is well-established that dietary intake is a critical factor in cancer survivorship, but less is known about the eating habits of those who have been previously diagnosed with cancer and how actual eating habits may be consistent or inconsistent with patients’ perceptions of those habits. To get at this issue, researchers have now … [Read more...]
What COVID-19 Has Revealed About Job Security in the Healthcare Industry
While the healthcare industry has for decades been viewed as a sector with a high degree of job security, that security may be changing, especially for certain healthcare roles. Though some of these changes started before COVID-19, the effect of the pandemic on highly trained physicians was shocking to many. As non-urgent medical care grinded to … [Read more...]
Protecting the Psychological Health of Nurses During Pandemics
As U.S. deaths from COVID-19 continue to rise, the research community is beginning to focus some attention on the psychological impact of the pandemic on healthcare workers who cared for patients on the frontlines. Given that previous pandemics have led to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as other forms of anxiety and depression, there … [Read more...]
New Information on the Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19
While most of the symptomatic focus of COVID-19 has been on the respiratory effects of the virus, other manifestations of the disease are beginning to come to light as more data are collected and people who were previously infected with COVID-19 survive their infection and continue to be monitored. A new review in JAMA Neurology provides … [Read more...]