Palliative and end-of-life care in COVID-19 management in sub-Saharan Africa: a matter of concern.
Pan Afr Med J
; 35(Suppl 2): 130, 2020.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1106476
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained health care systems beyond capacity resulting in many people not having access to life-sustaining measures even in well-resourced countries. Palliative and end-of-life care are therefore essential to alleviate suffering and ensure a continuum of care for patients unlikely to survive. This is challenging in sub-Saharan Africa where lack of trained teams on basic palliative care and reduced access to opioids limit implementation of palliative and end-of-life care. At the same time, health care providers have to cope with local cultural conceptions of death and absence of advance care directives.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Neumonía Viral
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Cuidado Terminal
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Pan Afr Med J
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Pamj.supp.2020.35.130.25288
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