Treating difficult or disruptive dialysis patients: Practical strategies based on ethical principles

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Hashmi, Adnan ^a   Moss, Alvin H ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Difficult patient; Disruptive patient; Ethical; Nonadherence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM PATIENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 50249109456     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0877     Document Type: Review

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