Episode 3: Communicating with relatives and patients in critical care; & breaking bad news during Covid

01/06/2020 24 min Temporada 1 Episodio 3
Episode 3: Communicating with relatives and patients in critical care; & breaking bad news during Covid

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Send us a textThis episode looks at communicating with patients and their relatives in critical care during the Covid pandemic – and particularly the challenges of breaking bad news.  All three guests are part of a team in Adult Critical Care at The Royal London Hospital who - like many units around the globe - had to come up with new ways of communicating remotely with relatives during the crisis, and which have left a lasting legacy on communicating post-pandemic.[First broadcast June 1st, 2020] Guests: Dr Lynne Barrass is a Consultant in Critical Care Medicine; Dr Polly Fitch is a clinical psychologist; and Dr Amina Daou is a Foundation Year 1 doctor (when she started helping the unit he was a medical student). Presenter: Prof Graham Easton