Five policies to promote palliative care for patients with ESRD

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1783-1790

  Tamura, Manjula Kurella ^a,b   Meier, Diane E ^c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROLOGIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRAINING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885226074     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02180213     Document Type: Article

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