To the Editor - We found the papers of Ehrlich et al. [
[1]
] and Santarone et al. [
[2]
] especially important and quite timely, both about the maintenance of health amongst
clinical staff during this pandemic. This is a topic that is usually overlooked and,
and we hope this pair of papers will encourage more attention to this matter. However,
merely as a complement, we dare in this letter to remind an issue not addressed in
the texts: the spiritual dimension of health.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: February 03, 2021
Accepted:
November 29,
2020
Received:
November 29,
2020
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
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