Withdrawal of renal replacement therapy in Newcastle upon Tyne: 1964-1993

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Catalano, C ^a   Goodship, T H J ^b,c   Graham, K A ^b   Marino, C ^a   Brown, A L ^b   Tapson, J S ^b   Ward, M K ^b   Wilkinson, R ^b  

^a Ctro Fisiol Clin Cons Naz D   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Dialysis mortality; Dialysis termination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030025667     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027028     Document Type: Article

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