title: Dialysis modality selection: physician guided or patient led?
abstract: The process of choosing dialysis modality for patients is complex and requires input from the expert renal team. Although it is commonplace for nephrologists to recommend dialysis modalities to patients, this might not always lead to the patient receiving treatment which they regard as most suitable. Nephrologists should consider whether it is appropriate for pre-dialysis education to be directive, or whether the choice between treatment options should be led by the patient.
authors.affiliation: Renal Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winterbottom
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bekker
authors.affiliation: Renal Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mooney
keywords: dialysis; end-stage kidney disease; haemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; pre-dialysis