Restricted family presence for hospitalized surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: How hospital care providers and families navigated ethical tensions and experiences of institutional betrayal

• Main Authors: Lesley Gotlib Conn (Author), Natalie G. Coburn (Author), Lisa Di Prospero (Author), Julie Hallet (Author), Laurie Legere (Author), Tracy MacCharles (Author), Jessica Slutsker (Author), Ru Tagger (Author), Frances C. Wright (Author), Barbara Haas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic restricted family presence in hospitals was a widespread public health intervention to preserve critical resources and mitigate the virus's spread. In this study, we explore the experiences of surgical care providers and family members of hospitalized surgical pat...