title: The patient perspective and physician's role in making decisions on instituting dialysis.
authors.affiliation: VA Palo Alto Health Care System Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center and Division of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Manjula
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurella Tamura
authors.forename: Vyjeyanthi S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Periyakoil
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis
keywords: dialysis; shared decision making