Use of focus groups to identify concerns about dialysis

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-295

  Bass, Eric B ^a   Jenckes, Mollie W ^a   Fink, Nancy E ^a   Cagney, Kate A ^a   Wu, Albert W ^a   Sadler, John H ^a   Meyer, Klemens B ^a   Levey, Andrew S ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dialysis treatment; Focus groups; Patient perspective; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CARE; SEXUALITY; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0033032913     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900307     Document Type: Article

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