The "No dialysis" Option

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a,b   Cohen, Lewis M ^a,b   Germain, Michael J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hospice; Palliative care; Stage 5 CKD

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 81255210707     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2011.10.007     Document Type: Review

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