Providing quality end-of-life care to older people in the era of COVID-19: perspectives from five countries

Maria I Lapid¹, Raymond Koopmans^{2

3}, Elizabeth L Sampson^{4

5}, Lieve Van den Block⁶, Carmelle Peisah^{7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Joachim en Anna, Center for Specialized Geriatric Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, UK.
⁵ Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Liaison Service, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁶ Aging and Palliative Care, VUB-UGhent End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Brussels, Belgium.
⁷ University New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
⁸ Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
⁹ Capacity Australia, Sydney, Australia.

Maria I Lapid et al. Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;32(11):1345-1352.

doi: 10.1017/S1041610220000836. Epub 2020 May 11.

Maria I Lapid¹, Raymond Koopmans^{2

3}, Elizabeth L Sampson^{4

5}, Lieve Van den Block⁶, Carmelle Peisah^{7

8

9}

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Joachim en Anna, Center for Specialized Geriatric Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, UK.
⁵ Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Liaison Service, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁶ Aging and Palliative Care, VUB-UGhent End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Brussels, Belgium.
⁷ University New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
⁸ Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
⁹ Capacity Australia, Sydney, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

None.

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