Clinical practice guideline on shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis

The Renal Physicians Association (RPA) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) in conjunction with representatives from multiple disciplines and organizations in the dialysis community, kidney patients and family members, and internal medicine physicians as well as a bioethicist and a public

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