Goals of Care in a Pandemic: Our Experience and Recommendations.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.018 and PMC identifier 7270987.
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Abstract
We propose that the palliative care team response will occur in two ways: first, communication and second, symptom management. Our experience with discussing goals of care with the family of a COVID-positive patient highlighted some expected and unexpected challenges. We describe these challenges along with recommendations for approaching these conversations. We also propose a framework for proactively mobilizing the palliative care workforce to aggressively address goals of care in all patients, with the aim of reducing the need for rationing of resources.
Medical subject headings
- Coronavirus Infections
- Palliative Care
- Pandemics
- Patient Care Planning
- Pneumonia, Viral