Trouble in Teaching Hospitals

Take a look at this article about the culture of women in academic medicine.  Just another one of the reasons why I feel the need to describe the experience of medical culture, particularly the "moral distress" that physicians feel within the hospital and why an institution might be "dehumanizing".  This is a topic that interests me and one that I will continue to explore.

Excerpt from: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/sharing-the-pain-of-women-in-medicine/

But both women and men expressed similarly negative feelings about a lack of support from their institutions for their work. And the men were just as likely as the women to feel what experts have termed “moral distress,” a sense of being trapped and forced to compromise on what one believes is right or just.

“We have this dehumanizing organizational culture in academic medicine that doesn’t allow people to realize their potential or be as vital and productive as they can be,” said the lead author, Dr. Linda H. Pololi, a senior scientist at Brandeis University who is also the director of the initiative. “It’s hard to ignore the far-reaching consequences of a work environment that has trouble modeling compassion and care.”