Life in standby: Hemodialysis patients' experiences of waiting for kidney transplantation

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 92-98

  Yngman Uhlin, Pia ^a   Fogelberg, Annika ^a   Uhlin, Fredrik ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Content analysis; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Kidney transplantation; Nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RUNNING; SELF CARE; STAFF; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOPE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84955667906     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12994     Document Type: Article

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