Refusal of initiation of dialysis by elderly patients with chronic renal failure

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-422

  Fujimaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kasuya, Yutaka ^b   Kawaguchi, Sachiko ^c   Hara, Shino ^c   Koga, Shiro ^d   Takahashi, Tadao ^e   Mizuno, Shoichi ^f  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals Association Patient Safety Management   (Japan)

^b Kanto Medical Center NTT EC   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^e Ikebukuro Public Health Center

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Principle of life esteem; Refusing an offer to initiate dialysis; Rights in decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044555248     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.417     Document Type: Article

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