Pilot Randomized-controlled Trial of Integrated Palliative and Nephrology Care Versus Usual Nephrology Care.

"Monthly ambulatory care visits with the kidney palliative care team in the intervention group for three months.~The intervention in this study is addition of a palliative care team to the care team of the subject. This intervention will not change or impact their regular nephrology care. The subjects in the intervention arm will be seen by the palliative care team three times over the 12-week study period (once per month).The intervention will be delivered by a physician trained in both palliative care and nephrology, the PI of the study."

Standard nephrology care