title: Terminal care of the ESRD patient foregoing life-sustaining dialysis therapy.
abstract: Care of patients who decide to forego life-sustaining therapy, including dialysis, constitutes a meaningful challenge. Comprehensive discussion between care providers, the patient, and/or the patient's surrogate to facilitate patient/family decision making requires time, patience, honesty, and empathy. Management of the patient and support of the family after the decision can be very rewarding to care providers.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*; D016312:Treatment Refusal