Renal replacement therapy in the elderly: Medical, ethical, and psychosocial considerations

Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-62

  Stack, Austin G ^a   Messana, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac disease; Dialysis; Elderly; End stage renal disease; Incidence; Life expectancy; Prevalence; Renal replacement therapy; Survival; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033971022     PISSN: 10734449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1073-4449(00)70006-9     Document Type: Article

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