Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , October 2010

“I need to lead my own life in any case”—A study of patients in dialysis with or without a partner

  • Marie-Louise Ekelund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Lund, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 46 14 36 85.
    • ,
  • Sven Ingmar Andersson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 17 October 2009 ,Accepted 24 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.025

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , October 2010

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