Many kidney failure patients have concerns about pursuing kidney transplantation

Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 03:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Among new dialysis patients, the most frequently cited concerns were that patients felt they were doing fine on dialysis and felt uncomfortable asking someone to donate a kidney. Older age was linked with having high health-related or psychosocial concerns, as was being a woman, being less educated, and having more comorbid illnesses, a study shows.

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