Journal article
Is “chronic kidney disease” a disease?
- Abstract:
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Several philosophers of medicine have attempted to answer the question “what is disease?” In current clinical practice, an umbrella term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) encompasses a wide range of kidney health states from commonly prevalent subclinical, asymptomatic disease to rare end‐stage renal disease requiring transplant or dialysis to support life. Differences in severity are currently expressed using a “stage” system, whereby stage 1 is the least severe, and stage 5 the most. Early sta...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice Journal website
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 1033-1040
- Publication date:
- 2018-08-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-07-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2753
- ISSN:
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1356-1294
- Pmid:
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30144250
- Source identifiers:
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911215
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:911215
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- Local pid:
- pubs:911215
- Deposit date:
- 2018-10-04
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- Copyright holder:
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13018
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