DaVita Medical Insights

DaVita Medical Insights


Case Study on Palliative Care for a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease

March 19, 2019

Palliative care, although sometimes associated with negative connotations, can simply be defined as care that bridges the gap between certain transitions of a patients’ clinical status, which may or may not lead to hospice. Listen to this podcast, in which Denea Hart, MSW, David Roer, MD, and Amanda Locke, RN, review a case study that involves key considerations for kidney disease patients who are facing palliative care.