Successful daily home hemodialysis patient-care partner dyads: Benefits outweigh burdens

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Wise, Meg ^a   Schatell, Dorian ^b   Klicko, Kristi ^b   Burdan, Amy ^c   Showers, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Medical Education Institute Inc   (United States)

^c DAVITA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Care partner; Daily home hemodialysis; Patient; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77955026116     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2010.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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