Subjective Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients

With the ever increasing ability of medical technology to prolong life, quality of life is an increasingly legitimate medical outcome. This is an ethnographic study on the perceived quality of life of hemodialysis dependent end stage renal disease patients. The study used participant observations and in-depth patient interviews to elicit the perspective of hemodialysis dependent end stage renal disease patients. Findings addressed the utility of dialysis for patients of, patient values leading to renal replacement therapy, and issues that might make patients perceive treatment as futile.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Montana

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Schaumberg, Cindy

• adherence
• hemodialysis
• quality of life

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/929

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.umt.edu:etd-1948