Relationship between the prognostic expectations of seriously Ill patients undergoing hemodialysis and their nephrologists

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1206-1214

  Wachterman, Melissa W ^a,b,d   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Cohen, Robert A ^a   Waikar, Sushrut S ^c   Phillips, Russell S ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BOSTON; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84880000223     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6036     Document Type: Article

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