title: Dialyzing the elderly: benefit or burden?
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Oreopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003363:Cost Control; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D009398:Nephrology; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome