"Loved ones are not 'visitors' in a patient's life"-The importance of including loved ones in the patient's hospital stay: An international Twitter study of #HospitalsTalkToLovedOnes in times of COVID-19

• Main Authors: Mojca Hriberšek (Author), Fabian Eibensteiner (Author), Lorenz Kapral (Author), Anna Teufel (Author), Faisal A. Nawaz (Author), Merisa Cenanovic (Author), Chandragiri Siva Sai (Author), Hari Prasad Devkota (Author), Ronita De (Author), Rajeev K. Singla (Author), Emil D. Parvanov (Author), Christos Tsagkaris (Author), Atanas G. Atanasov (Author), Eva Schaden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundHospitals are institutions whose primary task is to treat patients. Family-centered care, which considers loved ones as equal partners in patient care, has been gaining recognition in the adult care setting. Our aim was to record experiences of and opinions on communication between hospita...