Renal supportive care: View from across the pond: The United States perspective

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1241-1244

  Germain, Michael ^a,b   Cohen, Lewis M ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL SUPPORTIVE CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349121137     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0252     Document Type: Article

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