Living with haemodialysis when nearing end of life

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-52

  Axelsson, Lena ^a,b   Randers, Ingrid ^a,b   Jacobson, Stefan H ^b,c   Klang, Birgitta ^b  

^a SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

End of life; End stage renal disease; Haemodialysis; Lived experience; Palliative care; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Qualitative; Serial interviews

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84857058433     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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