Dying on dialysis: The case for a dignified withdrawal

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 174-180

  Schmidt, Rebecca J ^a   Moss, Alvin H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYING; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84891855738     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.05730513     Document Type: Article

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