Use of technology in end-of-life care discussions with COVID-19 patients: a narrative of a single institutional experience

The art of communication is an important skill to have when breaking bad news or discussing end-of-life care with patients and their next of kin. Especially for COVID-19 patients, the discussions surrounding end-of-life care can be challenging and may present as unexpected news to the patient and to...

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Autores principales: Ooi, Rucira, Ooi, Setthasorn Zhi Yang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33040714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2020.1830681
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spelling pubmed-75867212020-11-03 Use of technology in end-of-life care discussions with COVID-19 patients: a narrative of a single institutional experience Ooi, Rucira Ooi, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Med Educ Online Letter to the Editor The art of communication is an important skill to have when breaking bad news or discussing end-of-life care with patients and their next of kin. Especially for COVID-19 patients, the discussions surrounding end-of-life care can be challenging and may present as unexpected news to the patient and to family members. In this letter, we explore the use of technology in end-of-life care discussions with COVID-19 patients. Taylor & Francis 2020-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7586721/ /pubmed/33040714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2020.1830681 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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