Michael J. Asken, PhD

Traditional stresses of residency training were subjected to the demands of the pandemic.

Do no harm, even though your patient might.

One lesson worth considering.

One lesson is that moral distress and ethical challenges may be more frequent and impactful in medical care than previously realized.

Moral distress for physicians may now evolve into moral injury given the gravity, complexity and frequency of ethical challenges and moral dilemmas being presented by the pandemic

The use of this term moral injury and the importation of this concept from the military should be done with caution and humility, if at all.