Spirituality, quality of life and the dialysis patient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2432-2434

  Finkelstein, Fredric O ^a,b   West, William ^a   Gobin, Jaya ^a   Finkelstein, Susan H ^a   Wuerth, Diane ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Quality of life; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SHORT FORM 36; TERMINAL CARE;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 34548380499     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm215     Document Type: Note

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