“Palliative care is so much more than that”: a qualitative study exploring experiences of hospice staff and bereaved carers during the COVID-19 pandemic

BackgroundThe way in which end-of-life care was provided changed significantly during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The national lockdown restrictions reduced formal care support services and increased the burden on many carers taking on the caring role for the first time. We aimed to...

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Main Authors: Cara Bailey, Ping Guo, John MacArtney, Anne Finucane, Richard Meade, Susan Swan, Ellie Wagstaff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1139313/full