Renal replacement therapy for refugees with end-stage kidney disease: an international survey of the nephrological community

Kidney International Supplements

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 35-41

  Van Biesen, Wim ^a,b   Vanholder, Raymond ^a,b,c   Vanderhaegen, Bert ^a,d   Lameire, Norbert ^a,b   Wanner, Christoph ^e,f   Wiecek, Andrzej ^e,g   Sever, Mehmet S ^b,h   Feehally, Johan ^i,j   Kazancioglu, Remuyza ^i,k   Rondeau, Eric ^i,l   Levin, Adeera ^i,m   Harris, David ^i,n  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Renal Disaster Relief Task Force of the International Society of Nephrology   (Belgium)

^c European Public Health Alliance   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA EDTA)   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^h ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ International Society of Nephrology   (Belgium)

^j LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k Clinic of Cardiology Bezmialen University Hospital   (Turkey)

^l HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; end stage kidney disease; refugee; renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84997294356     PISSN: 21571724     EISSN: 21571716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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