One of the challenges facing a Nephrologist is when breaking news about End-Stage Renal Failure to a patient and telling him or her about the need for life-long haemodialysis 3 times every week.
The reactions I often got out of the patients vary from one of despair to denial to anger. Sometimes it is best to let the patient go through the emotions before they settle down with some degree of acceptance of their disease and the unavoidable treatment.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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