Brown, Murtagh, Murphy Kidney Disease

• A portable, practical, and accessible handbook on a complex group of patients
• Illustrates how theory is applied in practice, using case histories of real patients
• Gives appropriate doses of drugs, which is often difficult in renal failure
• Highlights how to facilitate good communication between renal and palliative care teams

New to this edition

• New material on subjects such as peritoneal dialysis, prognostic indicators, a review of the measures of quality of life near death, and tools for managing end of life cases
• New chapters on audit and research in kidney end of life care and symptom assessment and trajectories

Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life. The book describes the tools used to achieve a good death including advance care planning, symptom control law and ethics, recognizing dying, withdrawal of treatment, and a holistic approach to patient care. By using case histories, the book highlights how to facilitate good communication between patients, families and their renal and palliative teams. There are also chapters on support for carers and bereavement.

Revised and updated, this new edition is written in a bullet point style to provide an indispensable guide to the day-to-day management of patient care. This pocketbook will be an essential guide for nephrologists, renal nurses, nephrologist trainees, and doctors and nurses working in palliative care.