ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2021
The case for relaxing no-visitor policies in hospitals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Effect of Hospital Visitor Policies on Patients, Their Visitors, and Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.The American journal of medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Flexible family visitation and postoperative delirium in an orthopedic intensive care unit: A randomized trial examining surgical-type heterogeneity and cost outcomes.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Trial
- Caregivers as essential members of healthcare teams: lessons learned from enforcement of the "no visitors" policy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Implementation context, mechanisms and outcomes of a transitional care intervention to prevent delirium: a mixed-methods process evaluation from the TRADE study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The collective experience of moral distress: a qualitative analysis of perspectives of frontline health workers during COVID-19.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2025Article
- Navigating Acute Stroke: Perspectives from Survivors, Caregivers, and Healthcare Professionals in Ireland During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- "Doing extra work and not getting extra help": the burden of work generated to manage the "no visitors" policy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "You want them to be partners in therapy, but that's tricky when they're not there": A qualitative study exploring caregiver involvement across the continuum of care during the early COVID pandemic.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Article
- The Perpetual Pivot: Understanding Care Partner Experiences in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Family's Contribution to Patient Safety.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- The Impact of Parental Presence Restrictions on Canadian Parents in the NICU During COVID-19: A National Survey.Journal of family nursing · 2023Article
- Visitation policies in the ICU and the importance of family presence at the bedside.Intensive care medicine · 2022Article
- Cultural Competence-Lessons From an Exceptional Case of Care Delivery to My Mom.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2022Article
- Hospital-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among patients of two acute-care hospitals: Implications for surveillance.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2022Observational
- Restricted family presence for hospitalized surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: How hospital care providers and families navigated ethical tensions and experiences of institutional betrayal.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- Impact of restricted visitation policies during COVID-19 on critically ill adults, their families, critical care clinicians, and decision-makers: a qualitative interview study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2022Article
- Safety and Family-Centered Care during Restriction of Hospital Visits due to COVID-19: The Experience of Family Members.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- The Implications of Family Members' Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses' Perceptions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 survivors and caregivers: a case study-centred narrative review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2022Review
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Laveena MunshiInterdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Munshi), Sinai Health System and University Health Network, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Munshi, Razak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (Munshi, Evans, Razak); Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine (Evans), Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Razak), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (Razak), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Razak), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. Laveena.munshi@sinaihealth.ca.
Gerald EvansInterdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Munshi), Sinai Health System and University Health Network, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Munshi, Razak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (Munshi, Evans, Razak); Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine (Evans), Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Razak), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (Razak), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Razak), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Fahad RazakInterdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Munshi), Sinai Health System and University Health Network, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Munshi, Razak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (Munshi, Evans, Razak); Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine (Evans), Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Razak), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (Razak), University of Toronto; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Razak), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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Hospital AdministrationOrganizational PolicyVisitors to PatientsCanadaCOVID-19Cross InfectionFamilyHumansInfection ControlPandemicsPatient IsolationPersonal Protective EquipmentSARS-CoV-2Social Support
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