title: Supportive and palliative care for people with end-stage renal disease.
abstract: Advanced renal failure has a mortality rate worse than for most cancers with significant symptom burden. Despite this palliative care for this group has been poor. This article summarizes the role that palliative and nephrology teams can play in optimizing end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care Team, Robert Ogden MacMillan Cancer Center, St. James' University Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. jamillahussain@doctors.net.uk
authors.forename: Jamilla A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Russon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000075202:Contraindications; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D062526:Patient Navigation; D018579:Patient Selection; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology; D028761:Withholding Treatment