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What are the important aspects that you mention when consenting patients for hemodialysis?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus

I will answer this question a little differently than I think was the intent of the person asking the question. I find that many patients are resistant to starting dialysis at first. In my first conversation with them, I will make it clear to them that the problem is the kidney failure and not the d...

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