Naoka Murakami, Amanda J Reich, Katherine He, Samantha L Gelfand, Richard E Leiter, Kate Sciacca, Joel T Adler, Emily Lu, Song C Ong, Beatrice P Concepcion, Neeraj Singh, Haris Murad, Prince Anand, Sarah J Ramer, Darshana Dadhania, Krista L Lentine, Joshua R Lakin, Tarek Alhamad
RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Kidney transplant patients with failing allografts suffer from physical and psychological symptom burden, and high morbidity and mortality. Palliative care is underutilized in this vulnerable population. We sought to describe kidney transplant clinicians' perceptions of palliative care and delineate their perceived barriers to and facilitators of providing palliative care to this population. STUDY DESIGN: National explanatory sequential mixed methods study including an online survey and semi-structured interviews...
September 17, 2023: American Journal of Kidney Diseases