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The Quality of Life of the Chronic Dialysis Patient

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Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis

Abstract

In the course of everyday living, people become ill and society maintains a prescribed set of expectations dealing with the person as a patient. It is assumed that the patient will be exempt from normal social obligations and from the responsibility of his own state, that he will be somewhat helpless and dependent on others, and finally, that he will either get better and be cured or get worse and die. Many life-extending technological advances in modern medicine have created a departure from this classical ‘image of the ill’ and, simultaneously, have introduced complex personal stresses for patients as well as ethical, moral, legal, theological, social and financial questions for health professionals and society.

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  1. H. Earl Ginn
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine Queen Wilhelmina University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    William Drukker M.D. (Formerly Reader in Dialysis, Emeritus Director Department of Nephrology and Dialysis) (Formerly Reader in Dialysis, Emeritus Director Department of Nephrology and Dialysis)

  2. St. Lucas Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    William Drukker M.D. (Formerly Reader in Dialysis, Emeritus Director Department of Nephrology and Dialysis) (Formerly Reader in Dialysis, Emeritus Director Department of Nephrology and Dialysis)

  3. De Lairessestraat 75, 1071 NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    William Drukker M.D. (Formerly Reader in Dialysis, Emeritus Director Department of Nephrology and Dialysis) (Formerly Reader in Dialysis, Emeritus Director Department of Nephrology and Dialysis)

  4. Renal Research Unit, Wellcome Wing, The General Infirmary at Leeds, LS1 3EX, Leeds, England

    Frank M. Parsons B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed. (Consultant Physician in Clinical Renal Physiology, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medicine) (Consultant Physician in Clinical Renal Physiology, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medicine)

  5. University of Leeds, England

    Frank M. Parsons B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed. (Consultant Physician in Clinical Renal Physiology, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medicine) (Consultant Physician in Clinical Renal Physiology, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medicine)

  6. Nephrology Division, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    John F. Maher M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Director) (Professor of Medicine, Director)

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Ginn, H.E., Teschan, P.E. (1983). The Quality of Life of the Chronic Dialysis Patient. In: Drukker, W., Parsons, F.M., Maher, J.F. (eds) Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6768-7_45

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