Issues surrounding the withdrawal of dialysis treatment

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1149-1151

  Auer, Juliet ^a  

^a Oxford Kidney Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0031979618     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.5.1149     Document Type: Short Survey

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