Communication Skills in the Age of COVID-19.
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7326/M20-1376 and PMC identifier 7143152.
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Abstract
COVID-19 has placed enormous stress on hospitals and health care providers worldwide. Limitations in hospital capacity may result in difficult decisions in how life-sustaining technologies are allocated among patients. The authors of this essay provide guidance on how to communicate with patients who are seriously ill from COVID-19 infection.
Medical subject headings
- Communication
- Coronavirus Infections
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Pneumonia, Viral