[Patients on dialysis and the psychological aging process].
In reference to psychopathology, the authors highlight several indicators of the aging dialysed patient's psychological functioning. The aim of this work is to extract some indicators in order to help these patients to experience a pleasant aging, in spite of a difficult disease state, constraining care and the presence of several side effects.
Cupa
Dominique
D
Unité de psycho-néphrologie, centre Pasteur Valléry-Radot, 26, rue des Peupliers, 75013 Paris, France. dominique.cupa@auraparis.org
Riazuelo
Hélène
H
Causeret
Cécile
C
Gourdon
Marie-Laure
ML
Pirlot
Gérard
G
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012934:Social Isolation