Renal nursing : care and management of people with kidney disease / edited by Nicola Thomas, Helen Noble.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of kidney dialysis and transplantation / Nicola Thomas -- Applied anatomy and physiology, the kidney disease process, and kidney investigations / Claire Carswell and Stephen O'Neil -- Patient and carer involvement in kidney care, education, and research / Brian Gracey, Linda Gracey, Fiona Loud, and Nicola Thomas -- Emotional well-being / Fiona Murphy -- Acute kidney injury / Marissa Dainton -- Chronic kidney disease and advanced kidney care / Nicola Thomas and Catherine Maina -- Haemodialysis / Catherin Fielding -- Peritoneal dialysis / Sally Punzalan -- Kidney transplantation / Victoria Dunsmore -- Non-dialytic options and a palliative conservative management approach / Helen Noble, Claire Carswell, and Ian Walsh -- Kidney care in infancy, childhood, and early adulthood / Diane Blyton and Shelley Jepson -- Nutrition in kidney disease / Barbara Engel and Pearl Pugh -- Quality improvement and nursing research in kidney care / Nicola Thomas.