The experience of person with chronic renal disease in hemodialysis: meanings attributed for the patients

Hemodialysis treatment received by chronic renal patients is known to be distressing and to impose a set of biological, psychological and social limitations(1). This work aimed to study how renal patients experience disease and hemodialysis treatment in a specialized service of a State University Ho...

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Main Authors: Claudinei José CJGC Gomes Campos, Egberto Ribeiro Turato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2007-09-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.uff.br/objnursing/index.php/nursing/article/view/j.1676-4285.2007.1122