Table of Contents

Editorial 

Editorial

Wendy Weinstock Brown 315

Guest Editorial 

Psychosocial Factors in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Steven D. Weisbord, Janet B. McGill, and Paul L. Kimmel 316

Symptoms and Their Correlates in Chronic Kidney Disease

Steven D. Weisbord 319

Depression in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Critical Review

Paul L. Kimmel, Daniel Cukor, Scott D. Cohen, and Rolf A. Peterson 328

Social Support and Chronic Kidney Disease: An Update

Scott D. Cohen, Tushar Sharma, Kimberly Acquaviva, Rolf A. Peterson, Samir S. Patel, and Paul L. Kimmel 335

Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Mark L. Unruh and Rachel Hess 345

Psychosocial Assessment of the Patient on Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis: An Overview

Diane Wuerth, Susan H. Finkelstein, and Fredric O. Finkelstein 353

Psychosocial and Quality of Life Issues in Women With End-Stage Renal Disease

Susie Q. Lew and Samir S. Patel 358

Health-Related Quality of Life for Children With Chronic Kidney Disease

Stuart L. Goldstein, Arlene C. Gerson, and Susan Furth 364

Quality of Life After Kidney Transplantation: The Bright Side of Life?

Fabienne Dobbels, Leentje De Bleser, Sabina De Geest, and Richard N. Fine 370

Dialysis Discontinuation: Quo Vadis?

Fliss Murtagh, Lewis M. Cohen, and Michael J. Germain 379

Palliative Care in End-Stage Renal Disease: Illness Trajectories, Communication, and Hospice Use

Jean L. Holley 402

Social Work 

Begin With the End in Mind: The Value of Outcome-Driven Nephrology Social Work

Mary Beth Callahan 409

Article Reviewers for 2007 415

Author Index 416

Subject Index 417

National Kidney Foundation 2008 Clinical Meetings Call for Abstracts/Program Highlights Pages Following Indexes