Withholding or withdrawing dialysis in the elderly: The perspective of a western region of France

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2446-2452

  Clement, Renaud ^a   Chevalet, Pascal ^a   Rodat, Olivier ^a   Ould Aoudia, Vincent ^a   Berger, Michel ^a  

^a CHU DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Haemodialysis; Refusal; Renal Insufficiency; Withdrawing; Withholding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27644566718     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi012     Document Type: Article

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