The Impact of COVID-19 on Palliative Care: Perspective of Healthcare Professionals - PMC Back
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Abstract Background In March 2020, the outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was
declared a pandemic, resulting in numerous fatalities worldwide. To effectively combat the …

Palliative care has an important role in this pandemic. Palliative care rapidly developed
services and opportunities were found to support patients, families and clinicians. Further …

Palliative care is an important component of the medical response to pandemics and other
health emergencies. The principles of palliative care do not change, but the practice of …

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become apparent that palliative care
has dynamically adapted to the care of dying patients with and without COVID-19 and has …

Objective Palliative care has played a key role in the response to the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Australia. This review of consecutive patients with COVID-19 …

Introduction Many of the essential practices in palliative care (PC) had to be adapted to the
COVID-19 pandemic. This global spread of the infectious respiratory disease, caused by …

Objectives The objective of this study is to better understand how the COVID-19 outbreak
impacted the different domains of the palliative care approach to end-of-life care from the …

Background Systematic data on the care of people dying with COVID-19 are scarce. We
studied the response of and challenges for palliative care services during the COVID-19 …

Background: Palliative care is well suited to support patients hospitalized with COVID-19,
but integration into care has been variable and generally poor. Aim: To understand barriers …