From Control to Care: Reclaiming Power, Voice, and Dignity in Healthcare
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025Healthcare should be built on care, not control. This article explores how we can reclaim healthcare from rigid hierarchies, harmful policies, and moral injury—shifting toward a system that prioritizes compassion, belonging, and shared humanity. Learn how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) can transform care spaces by centering connection over control. Join the movement to create a healthcare system where healing, not power, leads the way.
When Healers Are Harmed: How Systems of Power Create Moral Injury for Clinicians
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025Moral injury in healthcare isn’t burnout—it’s the deep wound left when clinicians are forced to act against their values. This article explores how power-driven policies, medical hierarchies, and hospital rules cause moral injury for nurses, doctors, and social workers. Learn how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) can help shift healthcare from systems of control to systems of care. Read on to explore how we can heal the healers.
Policies or People? How Hospital Rules and Procedures Create Trauma in Care
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025When hospital policies prioritize control over connection, care suffers. This article examines how COVID-19 visitation bans, NICU restrictions, and institutional rules have separated families, silenced clinicians, and caused lasting trauma. Discover how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) challenges harmful policies by centering relationships, trust, and human connection. Read on to explore how we can build a healthcare system where policies serve people—not the other way around.
Who Holds the Power? How Medical Hierarchies Silence Parents, Clinicians, and Care Itself
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025When positional power overrides relational authority in healthcare, care suffers. This article explores how medical hierarchies silence parents, nurses, and frontline clinicians—leading to delayed interventions, moral injury, and loss of trust. Discover how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) disrupts harmful hierarchies by centering relationships, trust, and shared decision-making. Read on to explore how we can shift from control to connection in patient care.
