Death and end-of-life care in advanced kidney disease

Ken Farrington; E. Joanna Chambers

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Death and end-of-life care in advanced kidney disease

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This chapter discusses end-of-life issues as they relate to patients with advanced kidney failure. It focuses mainly on those patients whose kidney failure is being treated by dialysis or by conservative means. The chapter also provides the characteristics of the advanced renal failure population, how to diagnose impending death, and providing care in the last days of a patient's life.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Supportive Care for the Renal Patient
Publisher	Oxford University Press (OUP)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191730139
ISBN (Print)	9780199560035
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199560035.003.0017
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2011

Keywords

Advanced kidney failure
Advanced renal failure population
Care
Characteristics
Dialysis
End-of-life issues
Impending death
Kidneys
Patients

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