Neuropalliative care essentials for the COVID-19 crisis

Benzi M Kluger1, Christina L Vaughan2, Maisha T Robinson2

  • 1From the Departments of Neurology and Medicine (B.M.K. and R.G.H.), University of Rochester Medical Center, NY; Departments of Neurology and Medicine (C.L.V.), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora; Departments of Neurology and Family Medicine (M.T.R.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.), University of Washington Harborview Medical Center, Seattle; and Department of Neurology (I.S.), Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and West LA Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA. benzi_kluger@urmc.rochester.edu.

Neurology
|June 28, 2020
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