The value of "life at any cost": Talk about stopping kidney dialysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2236-2247

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Kidney dialysis; Medical technology; Old age; USA

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DISEASE TREATMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE;

AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; COST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247587144     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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