Goals of Care in a Pandemic: Our Experience and Recommendations.
J Pain Symptom Manage
; 60(1): e15-e17, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-19793
ABSTRACT
We propose that the palliative care team response will occur in two ways first, communication and second, symptom management. Our experience with discussing goals of care with the family of a COVID-positive patient highlighted some expected and unexpected challenges. We describe these challenges along with recommendations for approaching these conversations. We also propose a framework for proactively mobilizing the palliative care workforce to aggressively address goals of care in all patients, with the aim of reducing the need for rationing of resources.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Palliative Care
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Patient Care Planning
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pain Symptom Manage
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Psychophysiology
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Therapeutics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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