Scholars@Duke
Jennifer Mah Lawson

Jennifer Mah Lawson

Clinical Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
lawso007@mc.duke.edu
Box 3675 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
3116 North Duke St, Durham, NC 27704

Selected Publications

Development of a curricular thread to foster medical students' critical reflection and promote action on climate change, health, and equity.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2024 INTRODUCTION: Due to the health consequences arising from climate change, medical students will inevitably interact with affected patients during their training and careers. Accordingly, medical schools must incorporate education on the impacts of climate ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Morally Injurious Experiences and Emotions of Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic Before Vaccine Availability.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · November 1, 2021 IMPORTANCE: Moral injury in health care professionals (HPs) has worsened over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The trauma and burnout associated with moral injury has profound implications for the mental health of HPs. OBJECTIVE: To explore the potenti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Moral Injury and Burnout in Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article J Nerv Ment Dis · October 1, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is predicted to increase burnout in health professionals (HPs), but little is known about moral injury (MI) in this context. We administered the Moral Injury Symptoms Scale for Health Professionals (MISS-HP) and the abbr ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Physician moral injury in the context of moral, ethical and legal codes.

Journal Article J Med Ethics · July 21, 2021 After 40 years of attributing high rates of physician career dissatisfaction, attrition, alcoholism, divorce and suicide to 'burnout', there is growing recognition that these outcomes may instead be caused by moral injury. This has led to a debate about th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and Predictors of Moral Injury Symptoms in Health Care Professionals.

Journal Article J Nerv Ment Dis · March 1, 2021 This study examined the prevalence and predictors of moral injury (MI) symptoms in 181 health care professionals (HPs; 71% physicians) recruited from Duke University Health Systems in Durham, NC. Participants completed an online questionnaire between Novem ... Full text Link to item Cite

Identifying Moral Injury in Healthcare Professionals: The Moral Injury Symptom Scale-HP.

Journal Article J Relig Health · October 2020 This study aims to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a measure of moral injury (MI) symptoms for identifying clinically significant MI in health professionals (HPs), one that might be useful in the current COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A to ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite