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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