Engagement in decision-making and patient satisfaction: A qualitative study of older patients' perceptions of dialysis initiation and modality decisions

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1394-1401

  Ladin, Keren ^a   Lin, Naomi ^a   Hahn, Emily ^a   Zhang, Gregory ^a   Koch Weser, Susan ^b   Weiner, Daniel E ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; dialysis; geriatric nephrology; informed consent; older adults; patient centered outcomes; qualitative methods; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SHARED DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 85026890144     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfw307     Document Type: Article

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