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. 2021 Jan;19(1):59-60.
doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.20200033. Epub 2021 Jan 25.

COVID-19 and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

David C Fipps  1 , Elisabet Rainey  1
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COVID-19 and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

David C Fipps et al. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2021 Jan.

Abstract

During a pandemic, physicians can become so inundated with combating the disease that they may forget the individual patient's experience. In this perspective, the authors describe a case of COVID-19 from the point of view of the grief stages (or categories) described by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, with an emphasis on utilizing skills to enhance the doctor-patient relationship even in this time of crisis.

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The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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