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COVID-19 pandemic has taken away focus, resources from cancer patients needing palliative care

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the global population in drastic ways and redefining the global health scenario. If the resources are diverted to manageCOVID-19, patients with other life-limiting conditions such as cancer can be pushed out of their healthcare settings with reduced acc...

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Autores principales: Nair, Devi, Raveendran, Krishnanunni, Sukthankar, Vithal S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36119179
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1941_21
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spelling pubmed-94808022022-09-17 COVID-19 pandemic has taken away focus, resources from cancer patients needing palliative care Nair, Devi Raveendran, Krishnanunni Sukthankar, Vithal S. J Family Med Prim Care Editorial The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the global population in drastic ways and redefining the global health scenario. If the resources are diverted to manageCOVID-19, patients with other life-limiting conditions such as cancer can be pushed out of their healthcare settings with reduced access to healthcare. To mitigate the impact of the pandemic on cancer patients, health systems should focus on the strategies how to strengthen palliative care services. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-06 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9480802/ /pubmed/36119179 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1941_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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