title: Rationing renal replacement therapy to older patients--agreed guidelines are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine for the Elderly, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Mulkerrin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011287:Prejudice; D011788:Quality of Life; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States