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8140188

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
The authors surveyed 36 adult patients who were maintained with chronic renal dialysis concerning their attitudes about dialysis discontinuation. Few subjects reported having ever considered stopping the life-support treatment. When asked to consider 12 hypothetical scenarios in which they might consider stopping treatment (e.g., onset of dementia or blindness), most subjects would still not consider discontinuation. Consideration of dialysis discontinuation was directly correlated with the patient's educational level. Follow-up after 1 year underscored the substantial differences between the responses the subjects gave to the 12 hypothetical scenarios and their real-life responses when they were later faced with decisions to actually terminate treatment. Psychiatrists have an opportunity to participate in the complex clinical and ethical decisions associated with advance directives and patients' right to refuse life-support treatment.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-3182
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-401
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Patient attitudes and psychological considerations in dialysis discontinuation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review