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How COVID-19 pandemic changed our communication with families: losing nonverbal cues

Authors: Annachiara Marra, Pasquale Buonanno, Maria Vargas, Carmine Iacovazzo, Eugene Wesley Ely, Giuseppe Servillo

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a global health crisis that has had a deep impact on the way we communicate with patients and their relatives in all the COVID-19 care settings, given the need to maintain isolation and social distancing [1]. To be highly effective, communication in medical encounters must capitalize on both verbal and nonverbal aspects. Both of these have been highly compromised in the COVID-19 experiences both in hotbed sites and in affected but more controlled settings. Loved ones of COVID-19 patients are suffering in unique ways as a result of adaptions in our communication. …

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Title: How COVID-19 pandemic changed our communication with families: losing nonverbal cues
Authors: Annachiara Marra
Pasquale Buonanno
Maria Vargas
Carmine Iacovazzo
Eugene Wesley Ely
Giuseppe Servillo
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03035-w

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