Education and end of life in chronic kidney disease: Disparities in black and white

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Cukor, Daniel ^a   Kimmel, Paul L ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; UREMIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77749326577     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.09271209     Document Type: Editorial

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