Specialist and primary care physicians' views on barriers to adequate preparation of patients for renal replacement therapy: A qualitative study

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Greer, Raquel C ^a   Ameling, Jessica M ^a   Cavanaugh, Kerri L ^b   Jaar, Bernard G ^a,c   Grubbs, Vanessa ^d   Andrews, Carrie E ^a   Ephraim, Patti ^a   Powe, Neil R ^d   Lewis, Julia ^b   Umeukeje, Ebele ^b   Gimenez, Luis ^a,c   James, Sam ^d   Boulware, L Ebony ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEPHROLOGY CENTER OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative care; Dialysis; Preparation; Primary care; Renal replacement therapy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIO RECORDING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTERED NURSE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRUST; VASCULAR ACCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926450591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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