Providing end-of-life care in the emergency department: Early experience from Médecins Sans Frontières during the Covid-19 pandemic

Anne-Marie Pegg^{1

2}, Miguel Palma³, Cliff Roberson^{3

4}, Chibuzo Okonta⁵, Marie-Hortense Nkokolo Massamba/Koudika⁶, Natalie Roberts⁷

Affiliations

¹ Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-Operational Centre Paris (OCP), Paris, France.
² Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ Medical Department, MSF-OCP, Paris, France.
⁴ School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ MSF-West and Central Africa, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
⁶ MSF-OCP, Paris, France.
⁷ Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires (CRASH), MSF Foundation, Paris, France.

Editorial

Anne-Marie Pegg et al. Afr J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;10(3):103-104.

doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.012. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

Anne-Marie Pegg^{1

2}, Miguel Palma³, Cliff Roberson^{3

4}, Chibuzo Okonta⁵, Marie-Hortense Nkokolo Massamba/Koudika⁶, Natalie Roberts⁷

¹ Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-Operational Centre Paris (OCP), Paris, France.
² Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ Medical Department, MSF-OCP, Paris, France.
⁴ School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ MSF-West and Central Africa, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
⁶ MSF-OCP, Paris, France.
⁷ Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires (CRASH), MSF Foundation, Paris, France.

No abstract available

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