PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. Martin
TI  - As number of patients grows, so do critical problems facing MDs who provide dialysis
DP  - 1996 Mar 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 931--933
VI  - 154
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/6/931.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/6/931.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Mar 15; 154
AB  - The growth in the number of dialysis patients in Canada is causing a critical shortage of resources. The low transplantation rate and an increase in the number of patients, combined with insufficient funding to expand facilities, threatens access to the expensive but life-sustaining therapy. Michel Martin, who recently underwent a kidney transplant, looks at the situation facing dialysis patients in Quebec and Ontario.