Research project
ZonMw (the Netherlands)
The Healthcare Ethics Research Group at Radboudumc coordinates and conducts an international project into the effects of COVID-19 measures on the moral experiences of healthcare providers who worked on the frontlines during the pandemic. Central to this research is the concept of 'moral injury,' which refers to lasting feelings of guilt, shame, or betrayal that healthcare providers have experienced as a result of intense events during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project compares Dutch COVID-19 policy with that of Brazil and Sweden, with the aim of gaining insight into how different measures in different cultural contexts affect moral injury among frontline healthcare providers. The project first examines how healthcare providers and policies are framed in policy documents and journalistic sources. Based on this, interviews are conducted with healthcare providers who worked on the frontlines during COVID-19. Finally, a national survey is conducted in the Netherlands, Brazil, and Sweden to map how many healthcare providers experience moral injury. We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher who will carry out the Dutch part of this project and assist in coordinating the project.
The project team consists of a multidisciplinary group of 7 researchers from the Netherlands, Brazil, and Sweden. In addition, 3 postdocs will be recruited in Brazil, Sweden and the Netherlands, who will work, respectively, at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Umeå University and Radboud University Medical Center.
The results will be presented through peer-reviewed articles.
