Open AccessExperience of palliative care services at tertiary comprehensive cancer center during COVID-19 lockdown phase: An analytical original study
Author(s) -
Manisha Singh,
Priti Sanghavi,
Bhavna Patel,
Ravi Umrania,
Kikato V. Chishi,
Mayur Ghoghari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_132_20
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , pandemic , family medicine , covid-19 , health care , demographics , disease , malignancy , cancer , medical emergency , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , demography , sociology , economics , economic growth
Recent pandemic Coronavirus disease 2019 has brought the whole world to a standstill. In India too, phases of the lockdown of the country were declared. This hampered the availability of essential health-care services to needy patients. With full emphasis on the pandemic, patients suffering from other diseases and palliative oncology patients requiring essential palliative care services were affected due to the shutting down of regular health-care services.