The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure
Primary care providers are at the core of providing supportive and palliative care to patients with chronic kidney disease in South Africa. Although dialysis is not always needed, and sometimes not appropriate, for all patients with end-stage kidney disease, there is always supportive and palliative...
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| description | Primary care providers are at the core of providing supportive and palliative care to patients with chronic kidney disease in South Africa. Although dialysis is not always needed, and sometimes not appropriate, for all patients with end-stage kidney disease, there is always supportive and palliative care that can be provided to patients and families to improve outcomes. This article explores the referral pathways, renal preservation, supportive and palliative care and, finally, health system interventions that can improve comprehensive care. The integration of renal supportive and palliative care is a relatively new concept in the paradigm of care and will require advocacy and research to ensure all South African patients have access throughout the trajectory of illness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cd6785bc733f490b829bfe8becf118282025-08-20T03:06:52ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042020-12-01621e1e410.4102/safp.v62i1.52384104The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failureRené Krause0Nicola Wearne1Tsepo Motsohi2Bianca Davidson3School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape TownDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape TownSchool of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape TownDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape TownPrimary care providers are at the core of providing supportive and palliative care to patients with chronic kidney disease in South Africa. Although dialysis is not always needed, and sometimes not appropriate, for all patients with end-stage kidney disease, there is always supportive and palliative care that can be provided to patients and families to improve outcomes. This article explores the referral pathways, renal preservation, supportive and palliative care and, finally, health system interventions that can improve comprehensive care. The integration of renal supportive and palliative care is a relatively new concept in the paradigm of care and will require advocacy and research to ensure all South African patients have access throughout the trajectory of illness.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5238chronic kidney diseasechronic renal failureend-stage kidney diseasepalliative careprimary care |
| spellingShingle | René Krause Nicola Wearne Tsepo Motsohi Bianca Davidson The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure South African Family Practice chronic kidney disease chronic renal failure end-stage kidney disease palliative care primary care |
| title | The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure |
| title_full | The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure |
| title_fullStr | The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure |
| title_full_unstemmed | The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure |
| title_short | The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure |
| title_sort | primary care provider s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure |
| topic | chronic kidney disease chronic renal failure end-stage kidney disease palliative care primary care |
| url | https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5238 |
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