Ep158 | Medicine’s Moral Injury Epidemic With Dr. Carol Paris

In this powerful episode, we explore moral injury in healthcare - the profound distress physicians face when they’re forced to make decisions that go against the very reason they entered healthcare. We sat down with Dr. Carol Paris, a retired psychiatrist and the former President and current Vice President of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) to discuss their moral injury survey, part of a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To learn more about moral injury in healthcare, follow the link below!https://pnhp.org/understanding-moral-injury-in-health-care/And if you are a med student or physician interested in filling out the moral injury survey, it’s available at the link below. https://www.pnhp.org/surveyThe report mentioned in the episode is also available at the link below. https://www.elsevier.com/promotions/clinician-of-the-future-education-edition?utm_source=banner&utm_medium=dg&utm_campaign=cotf&utm_content=rpt#2pril6uswzbqotzfozzclmEpisode produced by: Griffin K JohnsonEpisode recording date: 4/24/25www.medicuspodcast.com | [email protected] | Donate: http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate