TY - JOUR T1 - Palliative care in the context of a pandemic: similar but different JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 274 LP - 277 DO - 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0157 VL - 20 IS - 3 AU - Andrew Davies AU - Jo Hayes Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/3/274.abstract N2 - Palliative care is an important component of the medical response to pandemics and other health emergencies. The principles of palliative care do not change, but the practice of palliative care has to change as a result of factors such as greater demand and infection control measures. This article makes suggestions for palliative care provision during a pandemic (in developed countries), based on a limited review of the literature and personal experience of the ongoing pandemic (COVID-19 infection). ER -