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Medicine doesn’t just have ‘conscientious objectors’ − there are ‘conscientious providers,’ too

  • Written by Raymond G. De Vries, Professor Emeritus, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan
imageMoral injury can occur when someone must act against their values -- but also when they cannot act in line with their values.Fly View Productions/E+ via Getty Images

When we think about harm, we typically think of physical or psychological suffering. But ethicists point out that we can also suffer “moral injury” when forced to do...

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