Adolescents with renal disease in an adult world: Meeting the challenge of transition of care

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 988-991

  Bell, Lorraine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dialysis; Paediatric kidney disease; Transition; Transplanation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; AGE FACTORS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEPHROLOGY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 34047138940     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl770     Document Type: Editorial

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