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Rationing healthcare in South Africa: Renal replacement therapy – a case in point

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June Fabian, Russell Britz, Anna Sparaco, Shoyab Wadee, Errol Gottlich, Tina Sideris

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June Fabian, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Research Unit, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg

Russell Britz, Head of the Division of Transplantation Surgery, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg

Anna Sparaco, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg

Shoyab Wadee, Nephrologist in private practice, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

Errol Gottlich, Paediatric nephrologist in private practice, Morningside Mediclinic, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tina Sideris, Clinical Psychologist, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Kidney; Transplant; Rationing; Chronic kidney disease; Chronic dialysis

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South African Medical Journal 2014;104(9):593. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.8559

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Date submitted: 2014-06-13
Date published: 2014-08-19

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