Palliative care in CKD: The earlier the better

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-380

  Germain, Michael J ^a   Kurella Tamura, Manjula ^b   Davison, Sara N ^c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 79951774023     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.12.001     Document Type: Editorial

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