Nephrologists' experience with and attitudes towards decisions to forego dialysis

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 1235-1240

  Singer, Peter A ^a,b   Kovalchik, Michael ^c   Cohen, Lewis ^c   Germain, Michael ^c   Hill, Connie ^c   Kammerer, Jean ^c   Kitsen, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b End Stage Renal Disease Network of New England (Network 1)   (United States)

^c Tanz Neuroscience Building ^*

Author keywords

Dialysis; Life support; Living wills; Medical ethics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; FAMILY MEMBERS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

AUTONOMY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; NEW ENGLAND; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SURVEY;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHROLOGY; NEW ENGLAND; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RENAL DIALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0026479388     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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