Dealing with moribund dialysis patients;Umgang mit moribunden dialysepatienten

Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 373-376

  Schaefer, K ^a   Eibach, U ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basic needs; Discontinuation of dialysis; Ethics; Nourishment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DYING; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032887551     PISSN: 03005224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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