KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
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Why to NOT Ask “Have You Thought About Home Dialysis?”
(8 comments)
The problem with this approach—however well-meaning—is that it puts the modality first, as if the home treatment is a goal.
Published on 05/10/2018 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
The Power of Positive Words
(14 comments)
What was abundantly clear was that if any two words should be used with greater care—or, arguably, not used at all—they are compliance and failure. One is pejorative; the other de-values.
Published on 05/03/2018 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Dialysis and Dementia: Four Very Different Conversations
(6 comments)
Certain ethical dilemmas arise repeatedly in the setting of kidney failure. Who should be first in line to receive a scarce and precious donated kidney, for example?
Published on 04/19/2018 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
What is an “eGFR,” and Why and When Does it Matter?
(8 comments)
What follows is the discussion I have about diminishing kidney function with my patients.
Published on 04/12/2018 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
I WON’T LET KIDNEY DISEASE DEFINE ME OR STOP ME ACHIEVING MY DREAMS
(4 comments)
After 18 months of endless hospitalisations, major surgeries and nightmare health crises, my kidneys failed and I needed dialysis to keep me alive.
Published on 03/29/2018 by Maddy Warren
Tags: Making dialysis better,