Source avec lien : COVID Trauma Response Working Group, .
Les travailleurs de la santé sont confrontés à un stress professionnel extrême en raison de la pandémie COVID-19. Outre les facteurs de stress liés à la santé, les travailleurs de la santé peuvent être confrontés à des dilemmes éthiques complexes et être incapables de fournir le type de soins qu’ils se sentent moralement obligés de fournir, en raison de ressources insuffisantes, de préoccupations de santé publique ou d’autres contraintes. Les travailleurs de la santé risquent alors de subir un préjudice moral… Le préjudice moral n’est pas en soi un trouble mental, mais plutôt une réaction humaine normale à des événements moralement difficiles.
Healthcare workers are facing extreme occupational stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside health-related stressors, healthcare workers may be faced with complex ethical dilemmas and be unable to deliver the type of care they feel morally obligated to provide, due to insufficient resources, public health concerns, or other constraints. This is likely to put healthcare workers at risk of sustaining moral injury… Moral injury is not in itself a mental disorder, rather it is a normal human response to morally challenging events. The following guidance is collated from existing research, best practice guidelines, and expert clinical opinion. It is intended to provide information for planners, managers and team leaders about potentially morally injurious experiences that healthcare staff might experience, and of the organisational and psychological processes which are likely to be helpful, or unhelpful, in mitigating their impact.