TY  - BOOK
AU  - Offer,Daniel
AU  - Offer,Marjorie Kaiz
AU  - Szafir,Susan Offer
TI  - Dialysis without fear: a guide to living well on dialysis for patients and their families 
SN  - 9780199724451
AV  - RC918.R4 O26 2007eb
U1  - 617.4/61059 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Hemodialysis
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Chronic renal failure
KW  - Renal Dialysis
KW  - Kidney Failure, Chronic
KW  - Hémodialyse
KW  - Ouvrages de vulgarisation
KW  - Insuffisance rénale chronique
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Surgery
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Popular Work
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index; Dialysis misperceptions versus realities -- A visit to the suds factory : demystifying the machines and tubes -- Dialysis options : choosing what works best for you -- The decision to pursue a transplant -- The "K-Team" : working with dialysis professionals -- Dealing with emotions: the psychological impact of dialysis -- The impact of dialysis on interpersonal relationships : love, sex, family, and friendship -- Work and financial implications of being on dialysis -- Adapting to the dialysis diet, curbing liquids, and embracing exercise -- Traveling and planning for emergencies while on dialysis : taking a leap of faith
N2  - More than 400,000 people in the United States undergo kidney dialysis. If you or a member of your family are one of them, then the prospect of a regular appointment with a dialysis machine may seem like the end of life itself. But that reaction couldn't be more wrong. In Dialysis Without Fear, psychiatrist and dialysis patient Dr. Daniel Offer joins with his wife, Marjorie Kaiz Offer, and daughter, Susan Offer Szafir, to reveal how life can be lived--and lived well--on dialysis. Drawing on his long medical career and more than seven years of personal experience with dialysis, Dr. Offer dispels
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