PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher J Ellis
AU  - on behalf of the Heartlands Hospital ITU Family Liaison Team
TI  - Communication in the time of COVID
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0115
DP  - 2020 Aug 03
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - fhj.2020-0115
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/28/fhj.2020-0115.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/28/fhj.2020-0115.full
AB  - The risk of infection precluded normal visiting by relatives of COVID-19 patients in an intensive therapy unit (ITU). Instead, a team of medical students and retired consultants telephoned next of kin with a daily update. A categorised selection of the students' reflections on their experiences is presented and discussed.