Experience of a renal palliative care program in a Hong Kong center: Characteristics of patients who prefer palliative care to dialysis

Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Tse, Doris Man Wah ^a  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Hong Kong; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70350743075     PISSN: 15615413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1561-5413(09)60243-X     Document Type: Article

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