Conservative Kidney Management in the United States: What It Is and What It Could Be

Samantha L Gelfand^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Editorial

Samantha L Gelfand. Kidney Med. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 14;5(11):100740.

doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100740. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Samantha L Gelfand^{1

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¹ Division of Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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