Perceptions about hemodialysis and transplantation among African American adults with end-stage renal disease: Inferences from focus groups Epidemiology and Health Outcomes

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Salter, Megan L ^a,b,c,e   Kumar, Komal ^c,e   Law, Andrew H ^c,e   Gupta, Natasha ^c,e   Marks, Kathryn ^c,e   Balhara, Kamna ^c,e   McAdams Demarco, Mara A ^b,c,e   Taylor, Laura A ^d,e   Segev, Dorry L ^b,c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dialysis; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT WORRY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICARE; PATIENT HISTORY OF TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927737490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0045-1     Document Type: Article

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