The COVID-19 pandemic has presented innumerable clinical and non-clinical challenges.
The global healthcare community has responded with a tsunami of guidelines as the world …

Objectives Early in the pandemic, institutional leadership recognised the importance of
providing staff with practical, clinically based communication resources. This paper …

The rise of COVID-19 in March, 2020 led to an urgent and acute need for communication
guidelines to help clinicians facing a novel disease, amidst a cacophony of voices and …

Illness related to the novel coronavirus has driven a global crisis, and many clinicians are
facing unexpected and challenging conversations. This guide is a graphic medicine …

Many communication challenges became evident when the coronavirus pandemic led to the
closure of Critical Care Units to visitors. Extra staff drafted in were unfamiliar with the ICU …

CLINICAL INQUIRY VOLUME 31• NUMBER 3• FALL 2020 the health care team1—are
called on to deliver care that reflects the best scientific evidence. Doing so involves not only …

Background Developments in digital health have the potential to transform the delivery of
health and social care by creating new opportunities for healthcare professionals to deliver …

In October 2020 I was invited by Dr Clare Gerada, in her capacity as Chair of the charity
Doctors in Distress (DiD), to facilitate an on-line support group for medical doctors …

Introduction During the coronavirus pandemic, people affected by terminal illness had many
questions, including what restrictions there were for visiting someone who was dying and …

In view of the high morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19, early and honest
conversations with patients about goals of care are vital. Advance care planning in its …