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Renal Failure- Who Cares?

Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of East Anglia, England, 6–7 April 1982

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. F. M. Parsons

    1. Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

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  2. C. S. Ogg

    1. Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  3. Back Matter

    Pages 49-59
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  5. Back Matter

    Pages 107-116
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  6. The State of the Art in the United Kingdom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-120
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    2. The current United Kingdom transplant situation

      • R. Y. Calne
      Pages 121-126

    3. Haemodialysis: the current situation in the United Kingdom

      • J. Walls
      Pages 127-135

    4. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) — current state in the United Kingdom

      • R. Gokal
      Pages 137-150

    5. Future developments in renal transplantation

      • R. F. M. Wood
      Pages 151-163

    6. The application of computers to haemodialysis

      • P. B. Pynsent
      Pages 165-178
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About this book

The last 20 years has seen an enormous increase in our knowledge about the management of patients with terminal renal failure. Despite this, even the most successful dialysis and transplant patients require long term specialist supervision so that renal units will have an incremental work load until the death rate of patients undergoing treatment equals the rate of intake of new patients. Furthermore, innumerable conditions which were once regarded as contraindications to therapy may no longer be seen in this light, so that the number of new patients coming forward for treatment each year is increasing rapidly. Dialysis and transplantation are expensive forms of treatment, in terms of staff, facilities and consumables, and it is therefore inevitable that there will be problems in providing treatment for all who need it. These will be particularly acute in times of economic crisis. This book contains the proceedings of a conference which was set up to explore the difference between the supply and the demand for treatment in the United Kingdom, to compare the situation with that in other countries, to explore possible solutions and possibly assign responsibility for the shortfall and to examine the practical and moral implications of our failure to treat the treatable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

    F. M. Parsons

  • Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    C. S. Ogg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Renal Failure- Who Cares?

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of East Anglia, England, 6–7 April 1982

  • Editors: F. M. Parsons, C. S. Ogg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8077-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: MTP Press Limited 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8079-5Published: 03 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-8077-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 252

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nephrology

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