‘It's about what I'm able to do’: Using the capabilities approach to understand the relationship between quality of life and vascular access in patients with end-stage kidney failure

‘It's about what I'm able to do’: Using the capabilities approach to understand the relationship between quality of life and vascular access in patients with end-stage kidney failure

Prevalence rates of End-Stage Kidney Failure (ESKF) have risen in across the world in recent years, making it one of the most common chronic illnesses. The main treatment for ESKF is haemodialysis, where one is ‘connected’ to a dialysis machine to clean and filter the blood via a surgically-created...

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Main Authors: S. Greenwood, D. Kingsmore, S. Richarz, P. Thomson, M. Bouamrane, R. Meiklem, M. Dunlop, K. Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Subjects:
Capabilities approach
Chronic illness
Dialysis
Quality of life
Vascular access
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321522001494

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