Patient Information about Options for Treatment: Methods of a national audit of information provision in chronic kidney disease

Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-652

  Morton, Rachael L ^a   Howard, Kirsten ^a   Webster, Angela C ^a,b   Snelling, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

carers; conservative management; dialysis; education; kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OPTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956193289     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2010.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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