Researchers evaluated nearly 600 kidney failure patients with two interviews: one before a transplant evaluation and one after the transplant evaluation.
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Patients who perceived discriminatory treatment and who had lower trust in their physicians reported a poorer quality of life as a result of the symptoms of their kidney disease than patients who trusted their physicians and did not perceive discriminatory treatment, according to the report.
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