The combative patient: Ethical issues in patient selection for chronic dialysis

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-60

  Sirmon, Maryella D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; GUIDELINES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0029677428     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1996.tb00902.x     Document Type: Review

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