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Module 2—Treatment Options for Kidney Failure :: More Reading

Additional Resources

Besides the free Life Options materials you can find at www.lifeoptions.org, the resources below may help you learn more about the topics in this module of Kidney School.

Books

  1. Help, I Need Dialysis!, by Dori Schatell, MS, and Dr. John Agar
    (Medical Education Institute, Inc., 2012, lifeoptions.org/help_book, ISBN-13: 978-1937886004)
    Easy to read, fully-referenced book covers the lifestyle impact of each type of dialysis—including information on how dialysis works, with a chapter about each type of dialysis.
  2. Talking About Transplantation: What Every Patient Needs to Know
    (United Network for Organ Sharing, online at http://www.unos.org/docs/WEPNTK.pdf)
    Discusses the transplant process, preparing for transplant, living donation, financing a transplant, and living with a transplant.

Websites

  1. www.homedialysis.org – Home Dialysis Central
    Developed by the Medical Education Institute, Inc. The Home Dialysis Central website provides up-to-date, unbiased information about home dialysis—in all its forms—for people with kidney disease, their families, and the health care professionals who provide kidney disease care. Features include information about the types of home dialysis, home dialysis products, finding a home dialysis clinic, and resources.
  2. www.kidneylink.org
    KidneyLink is the only comprehensive resource on kidney transplantation for the millions of Americans affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), written and reviewed by top medical professionals.
  3. www.livingdonorassistance.org – National Living Donor Assistance Program
    Provides funding to transplant programs so they can help living donors who qualify with expenses not covered by insurance.
  4. www.srtr.org – Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
    Provides transplant program reports that include data on numbers of transplants of different organs, average waiting times, success rates, and more.
  5. www.transweb.org
    A website with transplant information.
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  7. www.trioweb.org
    A support organization for those who have had a transplant.
  8. www.ultracare-dialysis.com
    Developed by Fresenius Medical Care NA. A complete resource for treatment options and lifestyle advice for living with kidney disease. Fresenius Medical Care created this website as a 'one-stop' source of information for anyone—patients, caregivers, family and friends—affected by kidney disease.
  9. www.unos.orgUNOS
    The United Network for Organ Sharing website has information about the waiting list process, transplant center data, and people's stories.
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  11. www.kidneylink.org
    KidneyLink is the only comprehensive resource on kidney transplantation for the millions of Americans affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), written and reviewed by top medical professionals.
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Other Materials

  1. Facts about Kidney Diseases and Their Treatment, available from the American Kidney Fund.
    To obtain this item, call 800-638-8299 or email helpline@akfinc.org.

Please note: Life Options does not endorse these materials. Rather, we believe you are the best person to choose what will meet your needs from these or other resources you find. Please check with your local library, bookstore, or the internet to find these items.

Module 2—Treatment Options for Kidney Failure :: More Reading