Insights into nephrologist training, clinical practice, and dialysis choice

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-251

  Merighi, Joseph R ^a   Schatell, Dorian R ^b   Bragg Gresham, Jennifer L ^b   Witten, Beth ^b   Mehrotra, Rajnish ^c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Education Institute Inc   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification examination; End stage renal failure; Hemodialysis; Home hemodialysis; Peritoneal dialysis; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEPHROLOGIST; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84859597050     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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