Working with noncompliant and abusive dialysis patients: Practical strategies based on ethics and the law

Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Johnson, C C ^a   Moss, A H ^a   Clarke, S A D ^a   Armistead, N C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive patients; dialysis; ethical decision making; noncompliance; practical strategies

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; ETHICS; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030054008     PISSN: 10734449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1073-4449(96)80043-4     Document Type: Article

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