In the wake of progress - Ethical problems of renal failure treated by dialysis

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-80

  Winearls, Christopher G ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beneficence; Dialysis; Distributive justice; Erythropoietin; Non maleficence; Patient autonomy; Polycystic kidney disease; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; BIOETHICS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; COST; DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; JUSTICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33644506763     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-1-76     Document Type: Review

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