Life without quality. Reflections of a female focus group on life, health and kidney disease

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 13, 2008, Pages

  Bandiziol, Patrizia ^a   Crosta, Amalia ^a   De Martino, Federica ^a   Rizzo, Gina ^a   Ventrella, Monia ^a   Macaliuso, Enza ^a   Goria, Enrica ^a   Milano, Mariella ^a   Sanfilippo, Rosalba ^a   Mereu, Carla ^a   Piccoli, Giorgina Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Patient physician relationship; Quality of Care; Quality of life; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 51449119628     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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