Need is dire for palliative care in disaster planning

When disaster planners make decisions about which patients will and will not get access to lifesaving resources without the help of palliative care experts, Dr. Fink said, "it’s just sort of assumed that the default is that everyone else will get palliated."

However, the lesson learned from New Orleans and other recent U.S. disasters is that few actually do.

Dr. Fink and Dr. Matzo reported no relevant disclosures.

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