Close Encounters of the First Kind: An interdisciplinary ethics of care approach mitigates moral injury and family division in the midst of COVID-19

In this compelling personal narrative describing a case from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a palliative care physician harnesses the creative powers and strengths of the interdisciplinary team to provide compassionate care to a critically ill patient and his family. The author describes the process of identifying a surrogate decision maker from among the patient's many adult children —several of whom were estranged from him and each other—and facilitating weighty decisions about his end-of-life care.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - May 19, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine Ana Berlin Source Type: research