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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(9):2432-2434; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm215
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© The Author [2007]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Spirituality, quality of life and the dialysis patient

Fredric O. Finkelstein, William West, Jaya Gobin, Susan H. Finkelstein and Diane Wuerth

Renal Research Institute, Hospital of St. Raphael, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Correspondene and offprint requests to: F. O. Finkelstein, 136 Sherman Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Email: fof@comcast.net

Keywords: dialysis; quality of life; spirituality

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Spirituality refers to an attempt to understand the meaning and purpose of life; it may or may not involve organized religion and it may or may not involve a belief in a higher being [1]. The relationship between spirituality and health care has been receiving increasing attention recently [1–7]. This interest in spirituality has occurred because of a variety of reasons. Importantly, several studies have demonstrated that there is relationship between spirituality and clinical outcomes [2–7]. Moreover, the important role of addressing spiritual concerns of patients has been emphasized as the development of palliative care programmes has expanded [2].

To some extent, this interest in spirituality reflects a broader interest in quality of life issues. This is certainly the case for the patient with chronic kidney disease. The importance of assessing the quality of life of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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