Renal provider perceptions and practice patterns regarding the management of pain, sexual dysfunction, and depression in hemodialysis patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-167

  Green, Jamie A ^a   Mor, Maria K ^b,d   Shields, Anne Marie ^b   Sevik, Mary Ann ^a,b   Palevsky, Paul M ^a,b   Fine, Michael J ^a,b   Arnold, Robert M ^a,c   Weisbord, Steven D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UNITED STATES;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PAIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84857487222     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0284     Document Type: Article

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