Psychosocial Aspects of End-Stage Renal Disease: Issues of Our Times

By: and and and and

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Synopsis
This thoughtful new book presents strategies for helping end-stage renal disease patients and their families deal with the psychosocial aspects of the chronic long-term illness. Technological advances in the treatment of this disease have offered much hope for improved quality in living which has led caregivers to have a greater concern for preserving the quality of life of their patients. In Psychosocial Aspects of End-Stage Renal Disease leaders in the field of many disciplines share knowledge and reveal problems that are still evident to them in the confrontation with this potentially fatal illness.Five comprehensive sections devote special attention to the different areas of concern for the psychosocial well-being of end-stage renal disease patients. The impact of renal disease on family relationships is covered by examining issues of family responses and coping measures such as marital and family reactions to home and hospital dialysis treatment. Ethical issues in treatment are explored, including the ethics of treatment refusal and a Jewish perspective on kidney transplants. Relations between staff and patients and a timely section on renal disease and special populations, particularly the elderly and AIDS patients, make up the final two sections of this informative volume. Professionals in all allied health disciplines will benefit from this important volume as it demonstrates a model approach, if not the definitive one, for the treatment of the psychosocial aspects of end-stage renal disease as well as other chronic illnesses.
Copyright:
1991

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
232 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317765318
Related ISBNs:
9781315801360, 9781138996922, 9781560241492
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The Haworth Press, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology, Medicine
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Mark A Hardy
Edited by:
John Kiernan
Edited by:
Austin H Kutscher
Edited by:
Lynn Cahill
Edited by:
Alan I Benvenisty

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