Stopping Long-Term Dialysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 14-20

  Neu, Steven ^a   Kjellstrand, Carl M ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN DISEASES; COMA; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0022629151     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198601023140103     Document Type: Article

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