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Wendy Dean
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Sep 9, 2026
Moral Injury in Medicine: The Frontline
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Wendy DeanGUEST
And again, to break things down into their components so that we create solutions that are accurate and effective.

Wendy DeanGUEST
It may be the family that I grew up in, the family values that I hold from growing up.
13 MINS LATER

Heather FarleyHOST
As we think about solutions, where does wellness-centered leadership fit in? Do you think that wellness-centered leadership principles and trainings that exist, does that help health systems and health system leaders to get it closer to right? I hope
Two Surgeons Explain Why U.S. Healthcare Is So Broken And Can't Be Reformed From Inside, from Wendy Dean's 43cc Podcast
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Wendy DeanGUEST
And what I'm seeing are all of these clinicians, physicians in particular, who are in your position day after day are facing these patients who are facing ridiculous bills for their services.

Wendy DeanGUEST
But when you look at these systems, they are so huge that how do we even begin to make a dent in making change with those systems? It's not like you in your exam room can break up Optum, can break up UnitedHealthcare.
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Matt RamseyGUEST
If that promise is somewhere out in the market in reality at scale, I think you'll start to see people come back to medicine in bigger numbers.
Moral Injury Is Why The Best Doctors Are Disappearing with Dr. Wendy Dean
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Graham WalkerHOST
Where did you get the idea for calling it moral injury or, or understanding that this wasn't, burnout maybe wasn't the exact right term?

Wendy DeanGUEST
When I ended up leaving psychiatry because I felt like I was really efficient, I was really resourceful, and somehow I couldn't make this doctoring thing work.

Wendy DeanGUEST
I went and worked for the Department of Defense doing research funding oversight.

Wendy DeanGUEST
And in the course of that, I started seeing physicians across the country who were feeling the same way I had been feeling.
13 MINS LATER

Graham WalkerHOST
Wendy, what do you think that looks like in terms of solutions or protecting or, or helping handle this issue and address it and reverse it maybe even?