Decision-making for renal patients at the end of life
Decision-making for renal patients at the end of life
The kidney was the first human organ to be replaced by a machine, when the ‘artificial kidney’ entered the medical arena with the first human dialysis in 1924. A practical artificial kidney, or dialyser, came about through advances in science, followed by the acquisition of new synthetic materials, which made the application of these ideas possible. The apparent high cost and limited availability of this form of treatment immediately raised new ethical questions about equity of access to treatment, when and if treatment could be denied, and the difficult decision of when, once established, it should be stopped.
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Noble, H.
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Meyer, J.
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Bridges, J.
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2007
Noble, H.
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Meyer, J.
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Bridges, J.
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Noble, H., Meyer, J. and Bridges, J.
(2007)
Decision-making for renal patients at the end of life.
European Journal of Palliative Care, 14 (5), .
Abstract
The kidney was the first human organ to be replaced by a machine, when the ‘artificial kidney’ entered the medical arena with the first human dialysis in 1924. A practical artificial kidney, or dialyser, came about through advances in science, followed by the acquisition of new synthetic materials, which made the application of these ideas possible. The apparent high cost and limited availability of this form of treatment immediately raised new ethical questions about equity of access to treatment, when and if treatment could be denied, and the difficult decision of when, once established, it should be stopped.
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