Kidney Transplants Explained

Everything you need to know

Dr Andy Stein, Dr Rob Higgins & Janet Wild RGN

The aim of this new book is to help you to be properly prepared for a transplant by answering many of the questions you might want to ask about transplants and what they involve.

This book will be helpful to anyone who has had or is considering having a transplant, and to anyone who is considering donating a kidney to someone else. Kidney Transplants Explained will also be a valuable guide for the friends and family of people undergoing transplantation.

• Practical advice on all you need to know about kidney transplantation including suitability, deceased and living donor transplants and the operation itself.
• Contains up-to-date, medically accurate information from experts
• Covers all the important topics, eg. medications; the first three months after transplant; looking after yourself; and avoiding or managing transplant failure
• Features 98 Key Points and 19 different patient experiences of kidney transplants
• Over 162 medical workds and jargon terms explained in the Glossary

‘I wish I had had access to a similarly intelligent book when I first encountered kidney failure 20 years ago’

Deborah Duval, Editor, Kidney Life

To order, either:

• Send a cheque made payable to Class Publishing for £17.99 (incl FREE postage and packing) to: Class Publishing (Priority Service), FREEPOST, London W6 7BR (no stamp required if posting in the UK).
• Telephone their Order Hotline 01256 302 699
• Buy Online (via the Class Website)

There is also a FREE copy of the booklet ‘Help! I’ve got Kidney Failure’ worth £2 with every order. You must quote V49 to obtain the postage saving and the booklet.

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