[Palliative care and COVID-19, a creative challenge]

Soins. 2021 May;66(855):37-38. doi: 10.1016/S0038-0814(21)00127-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Faced with the covid-19 epidemic, palliative care professionals, working at home, in nursing homes or hospitals, have played an essential role. They have demonstrated their creativity and ability to adapt in order to change their organisation and continue their missions of supporting, training and guiding patients, their families and professionals in the field.

Keywords: COVID-19; Covid; adaptation; organisation; palliative care; soins palliatifs; technologie; technology.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing*
  • Humans
  • Nursing Homes
  • Palliative Care
  • SARS-CoV-2