Psychological Stress During Hemodialysis for Chronic Renal Failure

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Article1 March 1966Psychological Stress During Hemodialysis for Chronic Renal FailureROBERT G. WRIGHT, M.D., PATRICIA SAND, PH.D., GOODHUE LIVINGSTON, PH.D.ROBERT G. WRIGHT, M.D., PATRICIA SAND, PH.D., GOODHUE LIVINGSTON, PH.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-3-611 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is recognized that psychological factors crucially influence successful rehabilitation in many patients wth chronic illness. Some factors often thought to be conducive to successful rehabilitation in any chronic illness include a stable doctor-patient relationship, a meaningful goal in life for the patient, and the meaning of the symptom or disability to the patient.Published experience with chronic dialysis in different parts of this country suggests that psychological factors are among critical variables in determining adjustment to treatment. Shea, Bogden, Freeman, and Schreiner (1) have outlined some apparent psychological reactions immediately before, during, and after the physical process of dialysis....References1. SHEABOGDENFREEMANSCHREINER EJDFRBGE: Hemodialysis for chronic renal failure: IV. Psychological considerations. Ann. Intern. Med. 62: 558, 1965. LinkGoogle Scholar2. GOMBOSLEEHARTONCUMMINGS EATHMRJW: One year's experience with an intermittent dialysis program. Ann. Intern. Med. 61: 462, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar3. SCHREINERMAHER GEJF: Hemodialysis for chronic renal failure: III. Medical, moral and ethical, and socio-economic problems. Ann. Intern. Med. 62: 551, 1965. LinkGoogle Scholar4. ENGEL GL: Psychological Development in Health and Disease. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1962, p. 264. Google Scholar5. DAHLSTROMWELSH WGGS: An MMPI Handbook. University of Minnesota Press, St. Paul, 1960, pp. 345-354. Google Scholar6. DERNER GF: Aspects of the Psychology of the Tuberculous. Psychosomatic Medicine Monograph. P. B. Hoeber, Publisher, New York, 1953, p. 83. Google Scholar7. SAILER RC: Happiness Self-estimates of Young Men. Teacher's College contributions to education no. 467. New York Bureau of Publications, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1931. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Seattle, WashingtonFrom the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.This study was supported in part by a John A. Hartford Foundation grant to the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, by John A. Hartford Foundation grant SD-62 to the University of Washington Department of Medicine, and by grant AM 06741-02 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert G. Wright, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98105. 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ERICKSON, M.D. 1 March 1966Volume 64, Issue 3Page: 611-621KeywordsDisabilitiesKidneysMedical dialysisPsychological stressPsychologyRehabilitation medicineRenal failure ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1966 PDF downloadLoading ...