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Living with dialysis : patients' perceptions and outcomes

Thong, M.S.Y.

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Thong, M. S. Y. (2009, February 26). Living with dialysis : patients' perceptions and outcomes.

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Contents

Chapter 1 General introduction 9

Chapter 2 Quality of life of patients on peritoneal dialysis ‘Nolph and Gokal’s Textbook on Peritoneal Dialysis’, USA:

Springer, 2008

21

Chapter 3 Symptom clusters in incident dialysis patients:

associations with clinical variables and quality of life Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2009; 24: 225-230

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Chapter 4 Association between a self-rated health question and mortality in young and old dialysis patients: a cohort study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2008; 52: 111-117

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Chapter 5 Illness perceptions in dialysis patients and their association with quality of life

Psychology & Health 2008; 23: 679-690

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Chapter 6 Social support predicts survival in dialysis patients Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007; 22: 845-850

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Chapter 7 General discussion 103

Summary 111

Samenvatting 115

Acknowledgement 119

About the author 121

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