An analysis of the increased demands placed on dialysis health care team members by functionally dependent hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1061-1067

  Sankarasubbaiyan, Suresh ^a   Holley, Jean L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis health care team; End stage renal disease (ESRD); Hemodialysis (HD); Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0034085673     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(00)70040-0     Document Type: Article

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