Books On Kidney Failure, Dialysis
and Transplantation
(To order any of the following books please click on the title)
"Everything you always wanted to know
about dialysis and transplants but were afraid to ask".
By Dr Andy Stein and Janet Wild, RGN
Kidney Failure Explained is an indispensable manual and a complete reference guide to living with kidney disease. It includes sections on peritoneal dialysis, haemodialysis and transplantation, as well as information on diet, blood pressure, sexual problems, and much more. The expert authors provide you with the practical advice you need about a whole range of subjects, from diagnosis and treatment to the care options available. They also address the psychological aspects of kidney failure and its impact on family and friends too.
All your questions about kidney failure are expertly answered by two health professionals with extensive experience in the field of renal medicine. Dr Andy Stein, MRCP, is a Senior Registrar in Nephrology at the Mayday Hospital, Croydon. Janet Wild RGN is a former Renal Nurse with over ten years experience.
Contents of the Book: Introduction, What is kidney failure? Toxin 'clearance', Fluid balance, Blood Pressure, Anemia and Erythropoitin, Renal bone disease, Dialysis - the basics, Peritoneal dialysis, Haemodialysis, Transplantation, Blood tests, Diet, Psychological aspects, Sexual Problems, The treatment short fall, Glossary, Appendices and Index.
I thoroughly recommend the book to you all. It is very easy to understand and gives positive and practical advice on living with kidney failure. The book tackles the questions you may feel uneasy asking your doctor. I have the book myself and many people who have visited my site have also brought it and said how useful they have found it.
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Food for Life is a new recipe book containing special occasional meals for kidney patients that the whole family will enjoy. Top London chef, Lawrence Keogh, shows you how to prepare 30 delicious recipes that are simple to put together and taste great. Choose from a wide range of starters, main courses and desserts - there is something for everyone! All the recipes have been analysed by renal dietitians, who pride a detailed breakdown of the key nutritional elements contained in each dish. The author Lawrence Keogh has worked in many leading London restaurants, including Bluebird and Quo Vadis. In 1997 he developed renal failure and has been on dialysis since January 1998. His first hand experience of the dietary restrictions faced by kidney patients has inspired him to create recipes which are nutritionally sound, yet do not compromise on taste.
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Patient's Guide to Dialysis and Transplantation
Roger Gabriel
Paperback - 173 pages (July 1990)
Patient's
View of Renal Failure and Dialysis
M E Limb
Paperback ( 1 September, 1992)
Dulwich Kidney Patients Association
Handbook of Dialysis: This is a handbook which provides comprehensive coverage of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis in concise format. The focus is on patient management; in addition to describing all aspects of the procedures themselves, chapters are included on such problems as psychology and hypertension. This second edition has been completely revised and updated with new chapters on plasmaphoresis, kinetic modelling and erythroprotein.
Timbo
Elizabeth Ward
Paperback (May 1988)
Jane's
Story
Peggy Woodford
Paperback - 249 pages (16 April, 1998)
Jane is tied to hospital dialysis and has lost her energy and confidence. Then
a donated kidney gives her a new lease of life. Crucial to her life is her love/hate
relationship with her sister, Nat. When the kidney begins to fail her, the sisters
have to come to terms with the only solution.
Strength and Compassion in Kidney Failure: Written from the perspective of the joy of celebrating life rather than lamenting the scourge of chronic illness, this collection of medical columns, short stories and letters recounts the tale of coping, surviving, and prevailing. Starting out as a medical technician, wife, and mother faced with progressive loss of sight and ambulation, Barry Friedman devised strategies for using her intellect to benefit other patients and medical professionals.
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Gift of Life: A Page From the Life of a Living Organ Donor
Lynn Chabot-Long (Editor), Paul Jenkins (Editor), Lynn Chabot-Long (Editor)
Paperback - 184 pages (July 1996)
The
Nicholas Effect: A Boy's Gift to the World
Reg Green
Everyone experiences sorrow at sometime in their life, but how many of us can
truly know what it is like to lose one of our most treasured "possessions"--our
child? This is a story
of an American family's holiday to Italy, how they were recklessly shot at in
an unprovoked attack while driving on the open road in a small private car,
how they coped when Nicholas, their seven-year-old son, died, and how a private
decision made by the parents to donate his organs to seven Italians waiting
for transplants propelled them into the public domain and onto the world stage.
Beautifully written, The Nicholas Effect is, as Robert Kiener of Reader's Digest so aptly states, a "story of grace, dignity and how one family turned senseless tragedy into a life- affirming gesture." For those who do know the pain and sorrow of losing a child, it is moving account which may upset but will also make them realise they are not alone. For others, it relates the experience of pain and loss with a courage and sense of optimism which can only be humbling.
The author, Reg Green, was born in England in 1929 and emigrated to the USA in 1970 after university and a career in journalism working for the Guardian, Times and Daily Telegraph. He moved to Northern California in 1984 to start an investment public relations service. The world's response to the Green's personal tragedy is called "The Nicholas Effect" - how people responded from the heart, and this is the story of how it continues to this day.