Thoughts on death and dying when living with haemodialysis approaching end of life

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 15-16, 2012, Pages 2149-2159

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

^a SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Death; Dying; End of life; End stage renal disease; Haemodialysis; Qualitative content analysis; Qualitative interviews; Serial interviews

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84864003636     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04156.x     Document Type: Article

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