Dean’s essay caught my eye, too, because I spent much of the previous few years reporting on moral injury, interviewing workers in menial occupations whose jobs were ethically compromising.
There are, of course, plenty of doctors who like what they do and feel no need to speak out.
But more and more doctors are coming to believe that the pandemic merely worsened the strain on a health care system that was already failing because it prioritizes profits over patient care.
They are noticing how the emphasis on the bottom line routinely puts them in moral binds, and young doctors in particular are contemplating how to resist.
They’re the instruments of betrayal.”Not long ago, I spoke to an emergency physician, whom I’ll call A., about her experience.
Persons:
roustabouts, I’d, “, Will, Ming Lin, Lin, Robert McNamara, ” Dean, Jonathan Shay, ”, couldn’t, she’d
Organizations:
St, Joseph Medical Center, Blackstone Group, Temple University
Locations:
Bellingham, Wash, Philadelphia, United States