Ethical considerations: educational programme for assisting staff.
With the advancement of dialysis technique, it has become possible to treat older patients with more complicated conditions. More and more often, staff have to face difficult treatment decisions. This has led to many questions, concerning for example the indications for life support and the risk of "over-treatment". Patients, relatives, doctors, nurses and social workers all have different ways of looking at these problems.
Bolinder
G
G
Department of Internal Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Söderström
K
K
Göthlin
K
K
Chenik
M
M
D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*