The experience of uncertainty among patients having peritoneal dialysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1664-1669

  Madar, Hadassa ^a   Bar Tal, Yoram ^b  

^a Rabin Medical Center Hasharon Campus   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Experience; Nursing; Patients; Peritoneal dialysis; Questionnaire; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 68149142647     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05013.x     Document Type: Article

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