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\nYour dialysis facility staff is ready to work with you to put some of these decisions in writing so you can have peace of mind about your future.<\/em><\/p>\n

For Professionals: physicians, nurses and social workers<\/h5>\n

AARP has two videos that discuss kidney dialysis guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n

AARP has two videos Dialysis Dilemma \u2013 Inside E Street<\/em> and the follow-up discussion Dialysis Debate \u2013 Inside E Street<\/em> that discuss RPA\/ASN guidelines and their implications for elderly dialysis patients. The Dialysis Dilemma<\/em> video features Coalition chair and RPA\/ASN working group chair, Alvin Moss, MD.<\/p>\n

Hemodialysis Mortality Predictor<\/a>
\nHemodialysis Mortality Predictor<\/a> helps identify 6- and 12-month prognoses of dialysis patients. Programmed by Stephen Fadem, MD, FASN, and Joseph Fadem.
\nShared Decision-Making in the Appropriate Initiation of and Withdrawal from Dialysis, Clinical Practice Guidelines<\/a>
\nIn Shared Decision-Making in the Appropriate Initiation of and Withdrawal from Dialysis, Clinical Practice Guidelines,<\/em> recommendation 7 suggests considering a time-limited trial of dialysis for patients who have an uncertain prognosis, or for whom a consensus cannot be reached. The article \u201cTime-Limited Trials Near the End of Life\u201d<\/a> is a good example.
\nBibliography for The Coaltion for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients<\/a>
\nThe Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients\u2019 continually updated Bibliography<\/a> provides citations for clinical practice guidelines, position statements, books, and journal articles on a variety of topics, including advance care planning, CPR, hospice, pain management, withdrawal from dialysis, and end-of-life decision making.
\nPromoting Excellence: End-Stage Renal Disease Workgroup Recommendations to the Field<\/a>
\nThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\u2019s Promoting Excellence: End-Stage Renal Disease Workgroup Recommendations to the Field<\/em><\/a> describes the need for palliative care in the ESRD population and presents the methods, findings, recommendations, and products of the Promoting Excellence ESRD Workgroup.
\nAssessing Decision Making Capacity<\/a>
\nAssessing Decision-Making Capacity<\/a> by Alvin Moss, MD, offers instructions on this critical process.
\nCore Curriculum on Palliative Care for Nephrologists<\/a>
\nCore Curriculum on Palliative Care for Nephrologists<\/a>, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 43.1 (Jan 2004): 172-185<\/em>. Written by Alvin H. Moss, MD, Jean L. Holley, MD, Sara N. Davison, MD, Richard A. Dart, MD, Michael J. Germain, MD, Lewis Cohen, MD, and Richard D. Swartz, MD.
\nQuick Reference Card for Pronouncement of Death<\/a>
\nQuick Reference Card for Pronouncement of Death<\/a>
\nRPA and ASN Position Statement on Quality Care at the End of Life<\/a>
\nRPA and ASN Position Statement on Quality Care at the End of Life<\/a>
\nCreating Supportive Nephrology Programs<\/a>
\nCreating Supportive Nephrology Programs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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