Doctors have their own diagnosis: ‘Moral distress’ from an inhumane health system

AOP Response: Moral distress is real. Physician burnout is real; doctors and nurses are leaving the field. We recognize the pressure on doctors to treat medical conditions stemming from unhealthy environments that we can’t change.  We do everything we can to take the pressure off.  We leave decisions about operations, schedules, and workflow to our doctors and their frontline staff.  We foster career satisfaction by offering leadership development and mission programs.  We promote local sponsorships and charity work that help AOP staff feel good about their commitment to their careers and our company.  We want our physicians to do what’s right for each individual patient, as they would for a mother or father.