A prospective study of risk factors and decision making in discontinuation of dialysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2571-2577

  Bajwa, Kulbir ^a   Szabo, Erika ^a   Kjellstrand, Carl M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CANADA; CHRONICALLY ILL; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0029851557     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.22.2571     Document Type: Article

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