Narratives of continuity among older people with late stage chronic kidney disease who decline dialysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-56

  Llewellyn, Henry ^a   Low, Joe ^a   Smith, Glenn ^b   Hopkins, Katherine ^c   Burns, Aine ^c   Jones, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Biographical disruption; Chronic illness; Conservative care; Decision making; Kidney dialysis; Lived experience; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE TREATMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SYMBOLISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84904697230     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.037     Document Type: Article

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