Palliative and end-of-life care in advanced renal failure

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-281

  Russon, Lynne ^a   Mooney, Andrew ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advanced kidney disease; Conservative management; End of life

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRURITUS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77952977572     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-3-279     Document Type: Review

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