Palliative Care in End-Stage Renal Disease: Illness Trajectories, Communication, and Hospice Use

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Holley, Jean L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; End of life care; Hemodialysis; Hospice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPICE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB AMPUTATION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SENTINEL EVENT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNICATION; HOSPICES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 34548831078     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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