Why did i start dialysis? A qualitative study on views and expectations from an elderly cohort of patients with end-stage renal failure starting haemodialysis in the United Kingdom

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Stringer, Stephanie ^a   Baharani, Jyoti ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Conservative management; Elderly; End stage renal failure; Expectations; Knowledge; Pre dialysis counselling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861109424     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0045-4     Document Type: Review

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