NHS healthcare worker experiences of moral injury: a follow-up qualitative study in England using reflexive thematic analysis.

Higginbottom E, Stoeck F, Stevelink S, Hegarty S, Raine R, Rafferty AM, Greenberg N, Wessely S, Rahman H, Lamb D

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115402
Published: 2026 Aug 18
Container: BMJ open
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115402,
  title = {NHS healthcare worker experiences of moral injury: a follow-up qualitative study in England using reflexive thematic analysis.},
  author = {Higginbottom E and Stoeck F and Stevelink S and Hegarty S and Raine R and Rafferty AM and Greenberg N and Wessely S and Rahman H and Lamb D},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115402},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115402}
}

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AU  - Higginbottom E
AU  - Stoeck F
AU  - Stevelink S
AU  - Hegarty S
AU  - Raine R
AU  - Rafferty AM
AU  - Greenberg N
AU  - Wessely S
AU  - Rahman H
AU  - Lamb D
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JO  - BMJ open
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E, H., F, S., S, S., S, H., R, R., AM, R., N, G., S, W., H, R., & D, L. (2026). NHS healthcare worker experiences of moral injury: a follow-up qualitative study in England using reflexive thematic analysis.. BMJ open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115402

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