RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 As number of patients grows, so do critical problems facing MDs who provide dialysis
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 931
OP 933
VO 154
IS 6
A1 M. Martin
YR 1996
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/6/931.abstract
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.