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An Italian Experience of Spirituality from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Francesco Chirico1,2, Gabriella Nucera3,4
1Post-graduate School of Occupational Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. medlavchirico@gmail.com.
Abstract:
In this letter to the editor, the authors tell their personal experience in the fight against Coronavirus pandemic and call for more spirituality needed to battle in the COVID-19 emergency. They commemorate the story of many Italian priests who have died in this tragedy and claim that spiritual skills for healthcare workers are especially important in a disaster scenario like this COVID 19 pandemic, to relieve stress and psychic sufferance of the same healthcare professionals as well as of patients and their families.
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