American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 209-212 , January 2005

Improving end-of-life care for dialysis patients

  • Alvin H. Moss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia

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  11. Kimmel PL , Emont SL , Newmann JM , Danko H , Moss AH . ESRD patient quality of life (Symptoms, spiritual beliefs, psychosocial factors, and ethnicity) . Am J Kidney Dis . 2003;42:713–721
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  14. Holley JL , Hines SC , Glover JJ , Babro WAS , Badzek LA , Moss AH . Failure of advance care planning to elicit patients’ preference for withdrawal from dialysis . Am J Kidney Dis . 1999;33:688–693
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  16. Moss AH , Holley JL , Upton MB . Outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in dialysis patients . J Am Soc Nephrol . 1992;3:238–243
  17. Moss AH , Hozayen O , King K , Holley JL , Schmidt RJ . Attitudes of patients toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the dialysis unit . Am J Kidney Dis . 2001;38:847–852
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  19. Holley JL , Carmody SS , Moss AH , et al.   The need for end-of-life care training in nephrology (National survey results of nephrology fellows) . Am J Kidney Dis . 2003;42:813–820

PII: S0272-6386(04)01444-1

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.10.010

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 209-212 , January 2005

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