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. 2020:75:e2171.
doi: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e2171.

Virtual visits to inpatients by their loved ones during COVID-19

Izabel Cristina Rios  1 , Ricardo Tavares de Carvalho  1 , Vitor Maia Teles Ruffini  1 , Amanda Cardoso Montal  1 , Leila Suemi Harima  1 , Douglas Henrique Crispim  1 , Lilian Arai  1 , Beatriz Perondi  1 , Anna Miethke Morais  1 , Andrea Janaina de Andrade  1 , Eloisa Silva Dutra de Oliveira Bonfa  1
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Virtual visits to inpatients by their loved ones during COVID-19

Izabel Cristina Rios et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Tablet support device. Photo by Andrea J. Andrade
Figure 2
Figure 2. Virtual visit. Photo by Stela Murgel
Figure 3
Figure 3. Virtual visit. Photo by Andrea J. Andrade
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