
Preparedness and capacity of indian palliative care services to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: An online rapid assessment survey
Author(s) -
Cheng-Pei Lin,
Sabah Boufkhed,
Asha Albuquerque Pai,
Eve Namisango,
Emmanuel Luyirika,
Katherine E Sleeman,
Massimo Costantini,
Carlo Peruselli,
Irene J Higginson,
Maria Ekstrand,
Richard Harding,
Naveen Salins,
Sushma Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2021
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_429_20
Subject(s) - palliative care , preparedness , pandemic , medicine , infection control , health care , nursing , family medicine , medical emergency , covid-19 , disease , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , pathology
COVID-19 has been causing a high burden of suffering for patients and families. There is limited evidence on the preparedness of Indian palliative care services for the pandemic.