"Is there life on dialysis?": Time and aging in a clinically sustained existence

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-324

  Russ, Ann J ^a   Shim, Janet K ^a   Kaufman, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American health care; Death; Kidney dialysis; Medical technologies; Old age

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33644659044     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740500330639     Document Type: Review

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