'It felt like a black hole, great uncertainty, but we have to take care for our patients'-Qualitative findings on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on specialist palliative home care

Jansky, Maximiliane Katharina; Schade, Franziska; Rieder, Nicola; Lohrmann, Danica; Gebel, Cordula; Kloppenburg, Lars; Wedding, Ulrich; Simon, Steffen T; Bausewein, Claudia; Nauck, Friedemann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260767

'It felt like a black hole, great uncertainty, but we have to take care for our patients'-Qualitative findings on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on specialist palliative home care

ISSN

1932-6203

Date Issued

2021

Author(s)

Jansky, Maximiliane Katharina

Schade, Franziska

Rieder, Nicola

Lohrmann, Danica

Gebel, Cordula

Kloppenburg, Lars

Wedding, Ulrich

Simon, Steffen T

Bausewein, Claudia

Nauck, Friedemann

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0260767

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care systems worldwide. Multidisciplinary teams provide specialist palliative home care (SPHC) for patients with incurable, severe, progressive diseases. These patients are at the same time at high risk, if infected, highly constricted by containment measures, and dependent on support.