Ethical Issues in the Elderly with Renal Disease

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 543-553

  Del Vecchio, Lucia ^a   Locatelli, Francesco ^a  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Dialysis withdrawal; Elderly; Ethics; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BENEFICENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 70149107934     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2009.04.006     Document Type: Review

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