The Role of Palliative Care in Caring for the Families of Patients With COVID-19

The Role of Palliative Care in Caring for the Families of Patients With COVID-19

In palliative care, we strive to provide care to the whole patient. When we think about the whole patient, we include the people who are important in our patients' lives. Our New York City-based palliative care team has found that caring for patients' loved ones has proven to be an even mo...

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Published in:American journal of hospice & palliative medicine Vol. 37; no. 10; pp. 866 - 868
Main Authors: Bakar, Melissa, Capano, Elizabeth, Patterson, Melissa, McIntyre, Brooke, Walsh, Chaplain Jean
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-10-2020
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Child
Child Care
Communication
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
COVID-19
Family - psychology
Humans
Nursing
Palliative Care - methods
Pandemics
Pastoral Care
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Social Work
COVID-19
distress
family
communication
decision-making
support
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Summary:In palliative care, we strive to provide care to the whole patient. When we think about the whole patient, we include the people who are important in our patients' lives. Our New York City-based palliative care team has found that caring for patients' loved ones has proven to be an even more important aspect of the care we have provided during the COVID epidemic. In this article, we describe the multicomponenet interdisciplinary interventions we have implemented to enhance our ability to create a therapeutic alliance with family members and facilitate the provision of goal concordant care to patients with COVID during this extremely difficult time.
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ISSN:1049-9091
1938-2715
DOI:10.1177/1049909120931506