title: "Should I go on dialysis, Doc?": initiating dialysis in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Dori
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seccareccia
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Downar
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*