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Palliative and end-of-life care in COVID-19 management in sub-Saharan Africa: a matter of concern
- Source :
- The Pan African Medical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- The African Field Epidemiology Network, 2020.
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic has strained health care systems beyond capacity resulting in many people not having access to life-sustaining measures even in well-resourced countries. Palliative and end-of-life care are therefore essential to alleviate suffering and ensure a continuum of care for patients unlikely to survive. This is challenging in sub-Saharan Africa where lack of trained teams on basic palliative care and reduced access to opioids limit implementation of palliative and end-of-life care. At the same time, health care providers have to cope with local cultural conceptions of death and absence of advance care directives.
- Subjects :
- sub-Saharan Africa
Terminal Care
palliative care
Attitude to Death
SARS-CoV-2
Communication Barriers
Culture
Pneumonia, Viral
Social Stigma
COVID-19
Professional-Patient Relations
Continuity of Patient Care
Health Services Accessibility
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Analgesics, Opioid
Betacoronavirus
Commentary
Humans
Advance Directives
Coronavirus Infections
Respiratory Insufficiency
Pandemics
Africa South of the Sahara
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19378688
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- Suppl 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Pan African Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........bb1ef2eb05ddfd1e28901da45226d8e3