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NURSING TERMINALLY SICK DIALYSIS PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Miguel Bienvenido
Publication year - 2003
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.1755-6686.2003.tb00291.x
Subject(s) - terminally ill , dialysis , medicine , wonder , intensive care medicine , hemodialysis , nursing , psychology , palliative care , social psychology
SUMMARY The number of terminally sick patients (TSP) in haemodialysis (HD) is rising. The personnel that assist these patients wonder if they are sufficiently qualified to help and care for them and if TSP require treatment that is different to the other chronic dialysis patients. The reason for this study was to investigate if caring for TSP psychologically affected the infirmary personnel who looked after them during HD.