'You see the empty bed which means it's either a transplant or a death': a qualitative study exploring the impact of death in the haemodialysis community.

Objective: To explore the impact of the death of a patient in the haemodialysis unit on fellow patients.

Methods: We interviewed patients on dialysis in a tertiary dialysis centre using semistructured interviews. We purposively sampled patients who had experienced the death of a fellow patient.