Palliative care for advanced renal disease: A summary of the evidence and future direction

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 817-821

  Kane, Pauline M ^a   Vinen, Katie ^b   Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advance care planning; dialysis; End stage kidney disease; palliative care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; DIALYSIS; END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84884524497     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313491796     Document Type: Article

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