Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Foreword viii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements x
1 The History of Kidney Dialysis and Transplantation 1Nicola Thomas
2 Applied Anatomy and Physiology, the Kidney Disease Process, and Kidney Investigations 14Claire Carswell and Stephen O'Neil
3 Patient and Carer Involvement in Kidney Care, Education, and Research 52Brian Gracey, Linda Gracey, Fiona Loud, and Nicola Thomas
4 Emotional Well-being 67Fiona Murphy
5 Acute Kidney Injury 115Marissa Dainton
6 Chronic Kidney Disease and Advanced Kidney Care 132Nicola Thomas and Catherine Maina
7 Haemodialysis 148Catherine Fielding
8 Peritoneal Dialysis 189Sally Punzalan
9 Kidney Transplantation 220Victoria Dunsmore
10 Non-dialytic Options and a Palliative Conservative Kidney Management Approach 262Helen Noble, Claire Carswell, and Ian Walsh
11 Kidney Care in Infancy, Childhood, and Early Adulthood 274Diane Blyton and Shelley Jepson
12 Nutrition in Kidney Disease 288Barbara Engel and Pearl Pugh
13 Quality Improvement and Nursing Research in Kidney Care 326Nicola Thomas
Index 334