Abstract
In this personal reflection, as a Family Medicine resident at an Academic Center in Northeast Florida, as well as being a chronic illness patient myself, I explore the notion of dying alone and away from family. Although COVID-19 has changed the practice of medicine in many ways, prior to that, and before the instillation of hospital no-visitor policies and stay at home orders, I experienced a case of a patient dying alone in the hospital. These chronicles that case and the impact it had on me afterward in regard to my own family and how I hope the future of medicine can address this.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 313-314 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- COVID 19
- alone
- coronavirus
- dying
- end of life
- family
- technology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine