Same Storm, Different Boat: The Global Impact of COVID‐19 on Palliative Care Page 1 Accepted
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VDP is supported by the Veterans Affairs Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics through the Ann
Arbor Veterans Affairs Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center. This work …

In the United States and other nations, palliative care is under-resourced and there are not
enough specialists to consistently meet the needs of patients suffering from serious illness …

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 …

Results: Some difficulties faced included transport to visit hospitals for doctor's care and
essential medications; for those in native place, unavailability of doctors and medications …

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is rapidly developing throughout the world. 1 Although
many do not have severe symptoms, a minority (about 5%) develop an advanced form and …

Background: During the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in
New York City, COVID-19 hospitalization was associated with high mortality. It is unknown …

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

If the first casualty of war is truth, the first casualty of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for
patients nearing death is human dignity. Although the pandemic has claimed* 6800 …

About 70% of the population seek to die at home, but between 4% and 12% actually do.[1]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, data from three Melbourne community palliative …