Epistemic injustice is defined as the harm inflicted on a person in their capacity as a knower and affects the generation and distribution of knowledge. It was described by Miranda Fricker, who distinguished two types: testimonial and hermeneutic. Testimonial injustice occurs when a person receives little credibility, and this is attributed to the presence of some negative stereotype, which harms and conditions their identity and affects their testimony.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the healthcare context, moral distress (MD) refers to the negative emotions that arise when a person knows the correct course of action in a given situation but is not able to follow it due to personal, hierarchical or institutional impediments. MD has been related to various professional problems, such as vocational disorientation, low work motivation, depersonalized treatment of patients, abandonment of duties, and changes of specialty or profession. Although this phenomenon has not been sufficiently studied in Chile, it presumably exists and would have even increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving its repercussions unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Learning Environment (LE) influences the performance of students, learning, social life, mental health, and the future of work.
Aim: To assess the learning environment (LE) among medical residents of 64 specialties.
Material And Methods: Two validated instruments "Postgraduate Hospital Education Environment Measure" (PHEEM) and "Ambulatory Care Learning Educational Environment" (ACLEEM), and open questions were answered online by 1259 residents from 15 universities.
Flexible adjustment or accommodation to loss is healthy; however, little is known about how it can be achieved in old age. We sought to identify and characterize effective coping processes for achieving accommodation at this stage of life. Our aim was to foster the activation of the psychological resources of those who must deal with significant losses to which they will inevitably need to adapt.
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