Development of a Palliative Care Toolkit for the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to high numbers of critically ill and dying patients in need of expert management of dyspnea, delirium, and serious illness communication. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 creates surges of infected patients requiring hospitalization and puts palliative care programs at risk of being overwhelmed by patients, families, and clinicians seeking help. In response to this unprecedented need for palliative care, our program sought to create a collection of palliative care resources for non-palliative care clinicians.

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Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - May 22, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jane deLima Thomas, Richard E. Leiter, Janet L. Abrahm, Jaclyn C. Shameklis, Stephanie B. Kiser, Samantha L. Gelfand, Kate R. Sciacca, Barbara Reville, Callie A. Siegert, Haipeng Zhang, Lucinda Lai, Rintaro Sato, Lorie N. Smith, Mihir M. Kamdar, Lauren Gr Source Type: research