Episode 74: Cancer Patient Caregiver Reaction to COVID-19

Episode 74: Cancer Patient Caregiver Reaction to COVID-19

Anita Gruninger, RN and certified case manager, discusses the difficulty of not being with her husband when he receives cancer treatment due to COVID-19, argues that “family” and “visitors” need to have different definitions when it comes to hospital visitation as well as exceptions that should be made for critically ill patients, and more.

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Ms Gruninger was a previous guest on Outspoken Oncology in Episode 40: Caregivers in Cancer Care: The “Overlooked Ones”

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