End of Life Care in Nephrology: From Advanced Disease to Bereavement

by Edwina Brown and Joanna Chambers

There is an ever increasing awareness that all patients are entitled to a good quality death and that diagnosing end of life is as important as diagnosing a chest infection. This is particularly true for renal patients where dialysis can be continued and complications treated even when the patient is dying. End of Life Care in Nephrology provides practical guidance on all aspects of this difficult field; the clinical state of dying renal patients,...

• Format: Flexibound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199211051
• ISBN13: 9780199211050
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 3.9"