title: Decisions about dialysis and other life-sustaining treatments should not be made separately.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Mi-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Sandra E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*