Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] Academic medicine has been a refuge for professionals seeking fulfillment in research and teaching. However, physician commitment and institutional retention are increasingly being challenged by what some authors term burnout. All too often, moral injury is being identified as burnout, a confusion that is consequential and dangerous. To appreciate this, one needs a good grasp of what burnout and moral injury are and their consequences. It is precisely the grave consequences of moral injury that make its downgrading dangerous. [To read more, click View Resource.]
