The Decision To No Longer Live on Chronic Hemodialysis

F. PATRICK MCKEGNEY and PAUL LANGEAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.3.267

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Most patients receiving chronic hemodialysis consider withdrawing from it if the "quality of life" available to them and/or their families is not sufficient. It would benefit most patients to openly discuss this option with the staff early in the program, thus making it a legitimate topic for discussion later when they may consider it more strongly. The authors' data suggest that this procedure will decrease the morbidity and mortality of patients receiving dialysis.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 3 • September 1971

Pages: 267 - 274

PubMed: 5570989

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Published in print: September 1971

Published online: 1 April 2006

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F. PATRICK MCKEGNEY

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PAUL LANGE

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Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vt. 05401

Resident in Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

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The Decision To No Longer Live on Chronic Hemodialysis

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