"I knew it was wrong the moment I got the order": A narrative thematic analysis of moral injury in combat veterans.

Objective: Moral injury is a nascent construct intended to capture reactions to events that violate deeply held beliefs and moral values. Although a model of moral injury has been proposed, many of the theoretical propositions of this model have yet to be systematically studied.

Method: We conducted semistructured interviews with eight veterans who reported experiencing morally injurious events during war zone deployments.