The experiences of close persons caring for people with chronic kidney disease stage 5 on conservative kidney management: Contested discourses of ageing

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 613-630

  Low, Joe ^a   Myers, Jason ^a   Smith, Glenn ^b   Higgs, Paul ^a   Burns, Aine ^a   Hopkins, Katherine ^c   Jones, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Conservative kidney management; Informal care; Normal ageing; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84911976260     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459314524805     Document Type: Article

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