Moral Injury vs. Burnout: Diagnosing the Soul-Wound in Healthcare, First Responders, and Modern Work
Introduction: The Crisis Beneath the Crisis We are navigating what the World Health Organization has officially classified as a global burnout epidemic—but what if we’ve been mislabeling a deeper, more insidious wound? For years, the term “burnout” has been the catch-all diagnosis for the profound exhaustion plaguing our healthcare workers, first responders, educators, and corporate…