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Family dynamics in a multi-ethnic Asian society: comparison of elderly CKD patients and their family caregivers experience with medical decision making for managing end stage kidney disease

BACKGROUND: Elderly end stage kidney patients face a decision concerning whether or not to initiate dialysis. In Asia, this decision is highly influenced by family caregivers. The objective of this paper was to understand patients’ experience with and preferences for family involvement in treatment...

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Autores principales: Ozdemir, Semra, Jafar, Tazeen H., Choong, Lina Hui Lin, Finkelstein, Eric Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6397496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30823872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1259-4