title: A better life than before--quality of life in people with renal failure.
abstract: We take it for granted that one of the objectives of nursing is to improve patients' quality of life, but this is notoriously difficult to define. A surgery of renal patients revealed some surprising results of what they considered to constitute quality of life, with implications for the future of nursing care.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Janes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D009736:Nursing Process; D011788:Quality of Life