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    • Disruptions in family presence can profoundly impact patient care, family coping, and clinical practice.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the role of palliative care clinicians in facilitating patient-family connection when physical presence is impossible.
    • To examine the implications of healthcare professionals acting as intermediaries between patients and absent families during critical care moments.
    • To understand how clinicians adapt their practice to maintain compassionate care amidst physical separation.

    Main Methods:

    • Qualitative reflection on a clinical case involving a minimally responsive patient with multisystem organ failure.
    • Observation of palliative care team's role as facilitators of communication between an end-of-life patient and his physically absent family.
    • Analysis of the clinician's experience of facilitating an end-of-life phone call.

    Main Results:

    • Palliative care teams can serve as crucial facilitators, enabling intimate end-of-life interactions despite physical separation.
    • Clinicians experienced a heightened sense of presence and witnessed profound emotional moments typically missed.
    • The pandemic necessitated innovative approaches to maintain the patient-family connection, redefining the scope of palliative care.

    Conclusions:

    • Palliative care clinicians play an essential role in bridging physical divides, fostering connection and bearing witness to family's love and grief.
    • Adapting to physical absence requires clinicians to be more present and facilitate communication, enhancing the quality of end-of-life care.
    • These experiences underscore the resilience of human connection and the evolving nature of compassionate care in public health crises.