title: Recommendations regarding conflict resolution and forgoing dialysis in special patient populations.
abstract: The Institute of Medicine defines a clinical practice guideline as "a systematically developed statement to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances." The goal of the RPA and ASN in developing this guideline was to help nephrologists and other members of the renal care team with challenging dialysis decisions regarding starting, continuing, and stopping dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, W. Va., USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000592:standards*