Utilizing decision aids before discussing treatment options gives patients with chronic kidney disease hope and improves patients’ motivation to treat the disease, according to a speaker at the virtual Annual Dialysis Conference.
“I want you to see that a diagnosis of anything scary, including kidney failure is a personal tsunami. This is something that shakes the foundation of your life. It washes away everything that you know, changes all of your perspectives. So, it’s a . That’s the piece of medicine that I think U.S. healthcare in general doesn’t really do a very good job at,”
Decision aids give patients with chronic kidney disease hope
Utilizing decision aids before discussing treatment options gives patients with chronic kidney disease hope and improves patients’ motivation to treat the disease, according to a speaker at the virtual Annual Dialysis Conference.
“I want you to see that a diagnosis of anything scary, including kidney failure is a personal tsunami. This is something that shakes the foundation of your life. It washes away everything that you know, changes all of your perspectives. So, it's a . That's the piece of medicine that I think U.S. healthcare in general doesn't really do a very good job at,”