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Opinions about Death in People Receiving Dialysis

Issue:

Vol 69, Issue 2: 2021

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2015.540

Pages:

103-8

Synopsis:

Dialysis patients have experienced the fear of pain and suffering, loneliness and death in the haemodialysis unit. In this cross-sectional research, dialysis patients were found to be in a mildly depressive, emotional state, and they had death anxiety.

ABSTRACT

Objective: People receiving dialysis have a high mortality rate due to life-threatening, chronic renal failure. These patients experience the fear of pain and suffering, loneliness and death in the haemodialysis unit. This research aimed at determining the perception of death in people receiving dialysis.

Received:

02 Nov, 2015

Revised:

16 May, 2016

Accepted:

25 May, 2016

Published:

22 Jun, 2021

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