Exploring kidney patients" experiences of receiving individual peer support

Health Expectations

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-406

  Hughes, Jane ^a   Wood, Eleri ^b   Smith, Gaynor ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End stage renal failure; Kidney disease; Patient experiences; Peer support; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 70449511719     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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