Meaning, comprehension, and manageability of end-stage renal disease in older adults living with long-term hemodialysis

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-37

  Karolich, Robert L ^a   Ford, Janet P ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Comprehensibility; End stage renal disease; Manageability; Meaning; Positive health outcomes; Sense of coherence; Treatment adherence

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 74749090113     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380902958601     Document Type: Article

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