Informed consent in uremia therapy.
Decision making in uremia therapy requires that patients be provided with a fair assessment of their course if untreated or if managed by any of several acceptable alternatives. Enthusiastic overselling of any treatment or intimidation of patients to accept a local regimen is unacceptable practice. Suiting patient to treatment requires time, patience, an acceptance of the patient as a partner in evaluating options.
D000328:Adult; D032882:Comprehension; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014511:Uremia / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D028761:Withholding Treatment