Enabling Patient Choice: The "Deciding Not to Decide" Option for Older Adults Facing Dialysis Decisions

Fahad Saeed; Alvin H Moss; Paul R Duberstein; Kevin A Fiscella

doi:10.1681/ASN.2021081143

Enabling Patient Choice: The "Deciding Not to Decide" Option for Older Adults Facing Dialysis Decisions

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 May;33(5):880-882. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021081143. Epub 2022 Feb 15.

Authors

Fahad Saeed¹, Alvin H Moss², Paul R Duberstein³, Kevin A Fiscella⁴

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Medicine and Public Health, Divisions of Nephrology and Palliative Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York fahad_saeed@urmc.rochester.edu.
² Sections of Nephrology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
³ Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine and Center for Communication and Disparities Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: active medical management without dialysis; biomedical ethics; dialysis decision-making; informed decision making; patient preference; patient-centered care; suicide.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Decision Making
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / therapy
Male
Patient Participation
Patient Preference
Renal Dialysis*

Grants and funding

K23 DK121939/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States