Summary
Palliative care services are under-resourced at the best of times. The 2017 Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief described the widespread lack of access to inexpensive and effective interventions as a travesty of justice.
As health systems become strained under COVID-19, providing safe and effective palliative care, including end-of-life care, becomes especially vital and especially difficult, as discussed in this Lancet editorial.
Palliative care and the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30822-9/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
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