Renal nursing. Problems experienced by haemodialysis patients in Greece.
Even though Greece has a disproportionate number of haemodialysis stations for the treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and a rapidly raising number of patients on dialysis, there has been no study of the lived experience of haemodialysis treatment in Greece. ESRD and dialysis drastically im...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 16; no. 14; pp. 868 - 873 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
7/26/2007
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