An ethical approach to dialysis-an alliance of nephrology, palliative medicine and ethics

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-400

  Brennan, F ^a   Brown, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84877026357     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct066     Document Type: Review

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