PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andrew Davies
AU  - Jo Hayes
TI  - Palliative care in the context of a pandemic: similar but different
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0157
DP  - 2020 May 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 274--277
VI  - 20
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/3/274.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/3/274.full
SO  - Clin Med2020 May 01; 20
AB  - 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).