Open AccessBreaking Bad News via Telemedicine: A New Challenge at Times of an Epidemic
Author(s) -
Wolf Ido,
Waissengrin Barliz,
Pelles Sharon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0284
Subject(s) - telemedicine , medicine , covid-19 , face (sociological concept) , component (thermodynamics) , medline , internet privacy , health care , virology , outbreak , social science , physics , disease , sociology , political science , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics , thermodynamics , economic growth
The COVID‐19 epidemic is transforming the most basic component of communication between patients and physicians: the face‐to‐face meeting. This commentary addresses the challenges unique to the oncologist conducting appointments via telemedicine.