• Journal of nephrology · Mar 2008

    Palliative care in nephrology.

    • Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko and Bolesław Rutkowski.
    • Department of Palliative Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Ul. Debinki 7, Gdańsk, Poland. lichotek@amg.gda.pl
    • J. Nephrol. 2008 Mar 1;21 Suppl 13:S153-7.

    AbstractThe goal of palliative care is to achieve good quality of life for patients with chronic life-limiting illnesses, and their families, through assessment and management of physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems and needs. Patients with kidney diseases present a particular target of such care from the time of diagnosis to the time of family bereavement family. End-stage renal disease is associated with limited life expectancy, high morbidity and considerable burden of symptoms especially in elderly patients. Nephrologists who are not prepared for the holistic aspects of care of such patients, frequently encounter high mortality rates. Pain and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual symptom management appear to be an important issue in nephrology. Withdrawal from dialysis is another problem that may require special attention in the form of legal and ethical guidance.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…