Kidney Failure: The Facts [Paperback]

J. Stewart Cameron (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0192626434 | ISBN-13: 978-0192626431 | Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | Edition: 1

Almost one million people around the world suffer from kidney disease and owe their lives to dialysis or transplantation. Over the past 20 years their prospects for treatment and survival have dramatically improved thanks to medical advances. This book has been written with these patients and their families in mind. After explaining the causes and symptoms of kidney failure, the various treatment options are considered, in particular dialysis and transplantations. Throughout, the book aims to help patients understand how this disease and its treatment will affect their lives, and provides information covering every practical aspect of the disease.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`this is an excellent book. It will be greatly appreciated by patients and its existance should be made known to all Renal Patients' Associations. Copies should be available in out-patients departments.' Nephrol Dial Transplant

About the Author

Stewart Cameron is Professor of Renal Medicine at Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 235 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192626434
• ISBN-13: 978-0192626431
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,123,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good summary of various kidney diseases and treatments, February 28, 1999

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This review is from: Kidney Failure: The Facts (Paperback)

Even though I am non-specialist in a field of nephrology, this book is not too difficult to read and understand. Also, this book has summarized various kidney diseases and respective treatment very well. But, as for the section of transplant, I think this kind of book should provide more information as like as the immunosuppress drugs which are under development. I beleive hope is the best therapy for patients with chronic diseases.