Dialysis or conservative care for frail older patients: Ethics of shared decision-making

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2717-2722

  Muthalagappan, Seetha ^a   Johansson, Lina ^b   Kong, Wing May ^a   Brown, Edwina A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative care; Ethics; Frail elderly; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARED DECISION MAKING;

CONSERVATIVE CARE; ETHICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; SHARED DECISION-MAKING;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84890018314     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft245     Document Type: Article

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