Attitudes of caregivers to management of end-stage renal disease in infants

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-465

  Teh, Jun Chuan ^a   Frieling, Michelle L ^a   Sienna, Julianna L ^a   Geary, Denis F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Ethics; Infants; Renal replacement therapy; Withholding or withdrawal oftreatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; E-MAIL; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROLOGIST; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL WORKER ATTITUDE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; INFANT; NEPHROLOGY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHROLOGY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84855161874     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2009.00265     Document Type: Article

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