title: Description of the illness experience by adolescents with chronic renal disease.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the illness experience of five adolescents with chronic renal disease. The adolescents described how renal disease had affected themselves and their daily lives. Implications for nurses when interacting with adolescents with renal disease are discussed.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Breitmayer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011788:Quality of Life