serval:BIB_5E64562E456F
Moral and mental health challenges faced by maternity staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
10.1037/tra0000629
000548599700052
32478557
Horsch
A.
author
Lalor
J.
author
Downe
S.
author
article
2020-08
Psychological trauma
1942-969X
1942-969X
journal
12
S1
S141-S142
The current COVID-19 pandemic places maternity staff at risk of engaging in clinical practice that may be in direct contravention with evidence; professional recommendations; or, more profoundly, deeply held ethical or moral beliefs and values, as services attempt to control the risk of cross-infection. Practice changes in some settings include reduction in personal contacts for tests, treatments and antenatal and postnatal care, exclusion of birth partners for labor and birth, separation of mother and baby in the immediate postnatal period, restrictions on breastfeeding, and reduced capacity for hands-on professional labor support through social distancing and use of personal protective equipment. These enforced changes may result in increasing levels of occupational moral injury that need to be addressed at both an organizational and a personal level. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
Adult
Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control
Humans
Maternal Health Services/ethics
Maternal Health Services/organization & administration
Medical Staff/ethics
Medical Staff/psychology
Morals
Nursing Staff/ethics
Nursing Staff/psychology
Occupational Diseases/etiology
Occupational Diseases/psychology
Pandemics/prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control
Psychological Trauma/etiology
Psychological Trauma/psychology
eng
60_published
peer-reviewed
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
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