Nephrologists' perceptions regarding dialysis withdrawal and palliative care in Europe: Lessons from a European Renal Best Practice survey

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1951-1958

  Van Biesen, Wim ^a   Van De Luijtgaarden, Moniek W M ^b   Brown, Edwina A ^c   Michel, Jean Pierre ^d   Van Munster, Barbara C ^e,f   Jager, Kitty J ^b   Van Der Veer, Sabine N ^a,g  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic Kidney Disease; Conservative Care; Dialysis; End Of Life Care; Palliative Care; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLOGIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RENAL DIALYSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84959350711     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv284     Document Type: Review

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