The international debate about who should receive ICU care, andwhen to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments duringthe pandemic is ongoing. Morbidity and mortality from COVID-19is substantially higher in older patients
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Supporting families in end-of-life care and bereavement in the COVID-19 Era Moore, K.J. Sampson, E.L., Kupeli N. Davies N., Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London W1T 7NF, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Liaison Service, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London N18 1QX Centre for Ageing Population Studies, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, London, NW3 2PF, UKSupporting families in end-of-life care and bereavement in the COVID-19 Era Moore, K.J. Sampson, E.L., Kupeli N. Davies N., Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London W1T 7NF, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Liaison Service, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London N18 1QX Centre for Ageing Population Studies, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, London, NW3 2PF, UK
As the death toll from COVID-19 rises, particularly amongst older people, the opportunities for socialsupport and rituals around death have become limited. This will impact on how people process theirgrief