Kidney Disease
From advanced disease to bereavement
Edwina A Brown author Fliss E M Murtagh author Emma Murphy author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:3rd May '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This book offers practical guidance for healthcare professionals managing renal patients in their final stages of life. Kidney Disease is structured in an easily digestible bullet point format, complemented by real-life case histories and drug tables. It serves as a vital resource for renal and palliative care providers who support patients facing advanced kidney disease and end-of-life issues.
The text delves into essential tools for ensuring a dignified death, including advance care planning, symptom management, legal and ethical considerations, recognizing signs of dying, and the process of treatment withdrawal. A holistic approach to patient care is emphasized throughout, enabling caregivers to address the multifaceted needs of patients and their families. By incorporating case studies, Kidney Disease illustrates effective communication strategies among patients, their families, and healthcare teams.
Additionally, the book includes valuable chapters dedicated to supporting caregivers and addressing bereavement, making it a comprehensive guide for those involved in this sensitive area of healthcare. This revised edition maintains its bullet point style for quick reference, ensuring that nephrologists, renal nurses, nephrology trainees, and palliative care professionals have an indispensable tool for the daily management of patient care.
This is a compact but detailed guide on palliative care and treatment of renal failure in the terminal stage. The book will be very helpful for doctors and nurses. * Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association *
I was impressed by this expanded and updated second edition from OUP's Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care series. Tightly written in bullet-point form, there is a wealth of information here. Besides the basic nephrology and the co-morbidities, there are chapters on the treatment of pain and other symptoms and another on modifying drug doses in chronic renal failure. But what I really liked were the chapters on communication (including listening), recognising dying, how to deliver good palliative care, ethical considerations, spirituality, as well as bereavement. There is an integrated care pathway for end of life care, modified for the management of patients with end-stage renal failure * IAHPC Newsletter, April 2013 *
This book is an excellent handbook on a complex group of patients. It gives guidance to renal and palliative specialists who care for patients with advanced kidney disease. In the end stages of the disease this would be a good tool to utilize alongside the Liverpool Care Pathway. * Nursing Times, May 2013 *
ISBN: 9780199695690
Dimensions: 196mm x 106mm x 13mm
Weight: 192g
400 pages
2nd Revised edition