COS 126 Battling Back Against Moral Distress

Dr. Indu Mani is on the podcast today discussing moral distress in veterinary medicine. The pain we experience when we know the “right” thing to do but are unable to do it can take an ethical toll. For those of us practicing veterinary medicine, this toll may contribute to burnout, depression and other job stressors. So what do we do about it? How do we battle back against a condition that seems ubiquitous to our profession? Let’s get into this episode! LINKS Original Moral Distress Article: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-veterinary-suicide-20220109-bb6jja57yva3bb23tnwtq7zvsa-story.html Ethical conflict and moral distress in veterinary practice: A survey of North American veterinarians - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30320478/ Uncharted Veterinary Podcast: https://unchartedvet.com/blog/ Uncharted Veterinary Conference: https://unchartedvet.com/uncharted-april-2022/ Put on Your PANTS! How to Hold Meetings that Matter: https://unchartedvet.com/product/put-on-your-pants-meetings/ What’s on my Scrubs?! Card Game: https://drandyroark.com/training-tools/ Dr. Andy Roark Swag: drandyroark.com/shop All Links: linktr.ee/DrAndyRoark ABOUT OUR GUEST: Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, is the Chief Scientific Officer of Brief Media, editor of Clinician’s Brief journal, and associate veterinarian at VCA Brookline Animal Hospital. She is a Fellow in Bioethics at the Harvard Medical School and a Master of Science in Bioethics student at Albany Medical College. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University and her Doctor of Science degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is interested in all aspects of veterinary bioethics, particularly moral distress, and infectious disease bioethics. She was a Distinguished Practitioner/Fellow at the National Academies of Practice and is on the One Health Initiative Website Advisory Board.