We don't need no education. (Pink Floyd, the Wall) Multidisciplinary predialysis education programmes: Pass or fail

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3277-3279

  Van Biesen, Wim ^a   Verbeke, Francis ^a   Vanholder, Raymond ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Early referral; Education; Multidisciplinary; Predialysis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 73949154389     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp448     Document Type: Note

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