Providing care
in isolation
Catholic palliative care
doctor on accompanying
COVID-19 patients
BY AARON LAMBERT
H
ow can doctors help a patient feel cared for when they're not even
allowed near the patient?
Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are facing
immense challenges in caring for patients diagnosed with COVID -19, the
highly-contagious respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus. The
many restrictions that have been put in place are designed to limit the risk
of exposure to the virus for those working in the hospital, but they also
create new challenges to providing patient care.
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DENVER CATHOLIC | MAY 9-22, 2020
