Emotional Impact of Illness and Care on Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease.

Ann M O'HareClaire A RichardsJackie SzarkaLynne V McFarlandWhitney ShowalterElizabeth K VigRebecca L SudoreSusan T CrowleyRanak TrivediJanelle S Taylor

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2019)

Interactions with individual providers and with the wider health system coupled with patients' own struggles to make meaning of their illness can take a large emotional toll. A deeper appreciation of patients' emotional experiences may offer important opportunities to improve care.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
healthcare
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
mental health