morals

Building moral resilience to neutralize moral distress

Moral distress occurs when one recognizes one’s moral responsibility in a situation; evaluates the various courses of action; and identifies, in accordance with one’s beliefs, the morally correct…
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Leadership: Making things better

According to the Huffington Post, “A recent survey by the World Economic Forum found that 86 percent of respondents believe we are suffering a global leadership crisis…. The world…

Lies and the lying liars who tell them

The impact of lying on individuals and society. While human history is rife with evidence of lying, never has lying been writ so large as it is today.…
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Medicare for all? Why not?

If President Trump really wants a healthcare plan that gives him a big win by covering all Americans, reducing insurance costs, and cutting the cost of healthcare, it…

Quality: A moral primer

Research reports that one in three deaths in the United States is due to medical error, much of which is due to sloppy, hasty, or inept care and…

Self-compassion, mistakes, and moral behavior

I read the following case study online; although I have shortened it considerably, here is the gist of it: “I made the worst medication error today and feel horrible about…

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