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ArticleBJA open2026

Not all invisible wounds cause moral injury.

Britta S von Ungern-Sternberg, Aine Sommerfield, Karin Becke-Jakob

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Article in BJA open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Britta S von Ungern-SternbergDepartment of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Aine SommerfieldDepartment of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Karin Becke-JakobDepartment of Anaesthesia, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moral injury, and stakes-dependent invisibility commonly arise from system issues and can lead to profound emotional distress, including feelings of shame and betrayal, but both are often disregarded by institutions. Stakes-dependent invisibility highlights the lack of power, the lack of perceived recognition of one's contribution, and the lack of a voice, resulting in the failure to meet the individual's needs. The mechanism of harm behind moral injury, however, is distinctively different: moral injury goes much deeper, focusing on the internal psychological and ethical damage caused by powerlessness or by actions taken or experienced, which are in direct conflict with the person's own moral compass, violating their own conscience.

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academic medicineburnoutclinical ethicsclinical researchethicsinvisibilitymoral injury

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PMID42376224
PMCPMC13311787

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