Practical considerations in dialysis withdrawal: "to have that option is a blessing".

Author Department

Medicine; Psychiatry

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

4-1-2003

Abstract

Cessation of life-support treatment is an appropriate option for situations in which the burdens of therapy substantially outweigh the benefits. Decisions to withdraw dialysis now precede 1 in 4 deaths of patients who have end-stage renal disease. Guideli

Publication ISSN

0098-7484

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