Huei Yei Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 8983840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Huei Yei Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Huei Yei |
| FAMILY NAME | Wu |
| SIGNATURE | WU H Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Palliative Medicine Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Opting out of dialysis – Exploring patients' decisions to forego dialysis in favour of conservative non‐dialytic management for end‐stage renal disease
BACKGROUND: Dialysis prolongs the life of people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but for patients who are elderly and suffer multiple comorbid illnesses the benefits of dialysis may be outweighed by its negative consequences. Non-dialytic conservative management has therefore become an alternative treatment route, yet little is known on patients' experience with choosing end-of-life treatment. AIMS: To gain insight into the decision-making p…
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Opting out of dialysis – Exploring patients' decisions to forego dialysis in favour of conservative non‐dialytic management for end‐stage renal disease
BACKGROUND: Dialysis prolongs the life of people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but for patients who are elderly and suffer multiple comorbid illnesses the benefits of dialysis may be outweighed by its negative consequences. Non-dialytic conservative management has therefore become an alternative treatment route, yet little is known on patients' experience with choosing end-of-life treatment. AIMS: To gain insight into the decision-making p…
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (1 work) · Conservative management (1 work) · Dialysis (1 work) · Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (1 work) · Disease (1 work) · End stage renal disease (1 work) · Intensive care medicine (1 work) · Internal Medicine (1 work) · Interpretative phenomenological analysis (1 work) · Medicine (1 work)