Premium
The dark side of the moon: how clients face dialysis
Author(s) -
Bruno E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.1999.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - respondent , quality of life (healthcare) , dialysis , great rift , face (sociological concept) , order (exchange) , plan (archaeology) , medicine , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , business , sociology , political science , history , social science , physics , archaeology , finance , astronomy , law
Summary Patients requiring haemodialysis experience various problems, some of which are caused by the medical treatment. We explored various aspects of a haemodialysis patients life, to focus on the effects that their treatment had on their daily life. The aim of this study was “to know the life of the respondent, in order to improve the quality of the assistance.” This pilot study allowed the staff to plan arrangements in order that the patient could pursue a “normal life”.