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Alvin H Moss1

  • 1Section of Nephrology,West Virginia University School of Medicine, and Center for Health Ethics and Law, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center,West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. amoss@hsc.wvu.edu

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
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Physicians face ethical challenges in determining dialysis appropriateness. Shared decision-making, respecting patient autonomy and medical indications, guides these complex end-stage renal disease treatment choices.

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Area of Science:

  • Nephrology
  • Medical Ethics
  • Healthcare Policy

Background:

  • The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program, established in 1972, lacked initial guidance for physician-led patient selection for dialysis.
  • Concerns regarding patient selection criteria slackening and the increasing number of dialysis patients with poor quality of life emerged by 1991.
  • Clinical practice guidelines for dialysis initiation and withdrawal were developed in response to these concerns and evolving research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the application of ethical principles in dialysis decision-making.
  • To outline the process of shared decision-making between physicians, patients, and families regarding dialysis.
  • To identify appropriate limits for shared decision-making when dialysis burdens outweigh benefits.

Main Methods:

  • Review and application of ethical principles: respect for patient autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and professional integrity.
  • Description of the shared decision-making process in the context of starting, withholding, continuing, and stopping dialysis.
  • Examination of medical indications and their role in guiding treatment decisions.

Main Results:

  • Ethical principles provide a framework for navigating complex dialysis decisions.
  • Shared decision-making empowers patients and families in treatment choices.
  • Medical indications are crucial for determining the appropriateness of dialysis when burdens may exceed benefits.

Conclusions:

  • Ethical considerations and shared decision-making are integral to appropriate dialysis care.
  • Guidelines support physicians in making difficult decisions about dialysis initiation and withdrawal.
  • Recognizing limits to shared decision-making is essential when dialysis offers minimal benefit and substantial burden.