Help! I’ve got Kidney Failure -

Your introduction to Kidney Failure and its treatment

by Dr Rob Higgins

Contents include:

• What is kidney failure
• How to cope
• Coping strategies
• Kidney failure specialists
• The Renal Unit
• Medical treatment of kidney failure
• Choices about dialysis and transplantation
• Living with kidney failure
• Jargon busting (glossary)
• Written information
• Other sources of help and advice

“This is a great little book that should be very useful for patients approaching dialysis and transplantation.”

Professor Neil Turner, Edinburgh

The author Dr Rob Higgins has worked on kidney units in London, Oxford and Manchester and is currently in Coventry, where he has been a Consultant for 10 years. He is Medical Editor for the National Kidney Federation.

For copies of this booklet or general help and information, please call the NKF Helpline on (0845) 601 02 09 (Charged at Local Call Rate - UK only).

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