The psychiatric landscape of withdrawal.

Author Department

Medicine; Psychiatry

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

3-1-2005

Abstract

Withdrawal from dialysis is an appropriate decision for situations in which the burdens of treatment outweigh the benefits. Alternately, it can be viewed as a public health problem and suicide equivalent that contributes to the high mortality of end-stage

Publication ISSN

0022-3468

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