Ethical issues in dialysis therapy

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10081, 2017, Pages 1851-1856

  Jha, Vivekanand ^a,b   Martin, Dominique E ^c   Bargman, Joanne M ^d   Davies, Simon ^e   Feehally, John ^f   Finkelstein, Fred ^g   Harris, David ^h   Misra, Madhukar ⁱ   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^j   Levin, Adeera ^k  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^j MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 85013639473     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32408-4     Document Type: Note

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