Care at the end of life: the lessons of the first wave
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Care at the end of life: the lessons of the first wave

Erin Dean Health journalist

Marie Curie-Nursing Standard survey highlights the emotional toll of the pandemic and the need for more staff support

One in three nurses feel they did not have the capacity to provide high quality end of life care as deaths rose during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey by Nursing Standard and end of life charity Marie Curie suggests.

Nursing Standard. 35, 11, 51-54. doi: 10.7748/ns.35.11.51.s19

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