‘I am afraid the news is not good’: How medics struggled to break sad news during Covid-19

Unpredictability of Covid-19 meant health workers were caught off-guard by sudden deaths and did not always prepare families for the news, study suggests

26 February 2024 – 21:34

Breaking bad news to families is a vital part of training for most healthcare workers, but when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out a few years ago, breaking the news of death to families became even more difficult due to the isolation the pandemic created that made it impossible for patients to have visits or close contact with their loved ones. ..

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