Symptom management and end-of-life care of residents with Covid-19 in long-term care homes

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KHOSRAVANI, Houman | STEINBERG, L. | INCARDONA, Nadia | QUAIL, P. | PERRI, G.A.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges for long-term care homes (LTCHs). There have been several clusters of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections within LTCHs and approximately half of all deaths in Canada at the time of writing have been in this setting. [Début de l'article]

Voir la revue «Canadian Family Physician / Medecin De Famille Canadien, 66»

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