A palliative approach to dialysis care: A patient-centered transition to the end of life

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2203-2209

  Grubbs, Vanessa ^a,b,j   Moss, Alvin H ^c   Cohen, Lewis M ^d   Fischer, Michael J ^e,j   Germain, Michael J ^d   Vanita Jassal, S ^f   Perl, Jeffrey ^g,j   Weiner, Daniel E ^h   Mehrotra, Rajnish ^i,j   Braden, Gregory L ^j   Chan, Christopher ^j   Charytan, David ^j   Flythe, Jennifer E ^j   Hung, Adriana ^j   Hurst, Frank ^j   Lukaszewski, Mark ^j   Meyer, Timothy W ^j   Moe, Sharon M ^k   Pai, Amy Barton ^j   Roy, Shuvo ^j   Somers, Michael J ^j   Teitelbaum, Isaac ^j   Wong, Leslie ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j ASN Council liaison ^*  (United States)

^k ASN Council liaison   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

COMMUNICATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84923777018     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00650114     Document Type: Article

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