title: Ethical issues in treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease.
abstract: Ethical issues in the care and treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease are illustrative of problems that confront social workers who practice in a medical setting. Chief among these are dilemmas of informed consent and dealing with the problem patient. Patient advocacy may pose a conflict between respect for a patient's autonomy and acting in the patient's best medical interest. Pressures of resource allocation on a dialysis unit also require a just resolution.
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012947:Social Work