Caring for End-of-Life Patients and Their Families, During Life, and Mourning, in the COVID-19 Era-The Experience of a Palliative Care Team in Portugal

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.624665

. 2021 Feb 9:12:624665.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.624665. eCollection 2021.

Caring for End-of-Life Patients and Their Families, During Life, and Mourning, in the COVID-19 Era-The Experience of a Palliative Care Team in Portugal

Ana Mafalda Carvalheiro¹, Catarina Faria², Isabel Semeão², Sérgio M Martinho¹

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¹ Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Leiria Hospital Center, Leiria, Portugal.
² Hospital-Based Palliative Care Team, Leiria Hospital Center, Leiria, Portugal.

PMID: 33633609
PMCID: PMC7900130
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.624665

Caring for End-of-Life Patients and Their Families, During Life, and Mourning, in the COVID-19 Era-The Experience of a Palliative Care Team in Portugal

Ana Mafalda Carvalheiro et al. Front Psychiatry. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 9:12:624665.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.624665. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ana Mafalda Carvalheiro¹, Catarina Faria², Isabel Semeão², Sérgio M Martinho¹

Affiliations

¹ Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Leiria Hospital Center, Leiria, Portugal.
² Hospital-Based Palliative Care Team, Leiria Hospital Center, Leiria, Portugal.

PMID: 33633609
PMCID: PMC7900130
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.624665

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; end-of-life; mental health disorders; mourning; prolonged grief; terminally ill patients.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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