DSM-5 doesn’t name it, but moral distress is everywhere in medicine

The mental health crisis clinicians face but won’t talk about this May Ask anyone about health care reform, and you’ll likely get passionate responses. Single-payer versus market-driven. Universal coverage versus cost-containment. Clinicians, though, usually have simpler wishes: fewer hours spent charting, more time spent actually caring. But there’s a quieter, deeper conversation that’s rarely included

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