Back in April I wrote an editorial where I set out some of my hopes for palliative care in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 I hoped that palliative care would be seen as an …

I write this on the 1st April 2020, April Fool's Day. There hasn't been much fooling today as
the world grapples with the increasing grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we continue to …

Across the globe 2020 has been a year where all health systems have experienced huge
pressures to meet the demands of a pandemic unprecedented in both scale and impact. It …

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread throughout the world in December 2019,
citizens faced a collective vulnerability as a global community. In some areas such as …

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 …

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 …

The current COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and requires innovation beyond existing
approaches to contribute to global health and well-being. This is essential to support the …

Context COVID-19 created unprecedented demand for palliative care at a time when in-
person communication was highly restricted, straining efforts to care for patients and …

Objectives: A vital component of the coronavirus response is care of the dying COVID-19
patient. We document the demographics, symptoms experienced, medications required …

In times like these, appreciating the essential nature of palliative and end-of-life care is
perhaps more critical than ever. At the time of writing, more than 2.8 million confirmed cases …