Shared decision-making between nephrologists, patients' key to conservative kidney management

Shared decision-making between nephrologists, patients' key to conservative kidney management 
Healio, by Mark E. Neumann; 4/15/24 
... Conservative kidney management: Patients who decline dialysis treatment do so for many reasons, Fahad Saeed, MB, BS, and colleagues wrote in a paper published in the American Journal of Nephrology. Patients told researchers that quality of life; fewer symptoms caused by dialysis; more personal time; avoiding the burden of dialysis, including for family and friends; witnessing a family member or friend on dialysis and wanting to have a peaceful death were reasons to select conservative kidney management.