ethics

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the medical distrust we've earned

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I believe there is a way for kidney function to return.

I believe the truth about that is held back from mainstream.

These are lines from a recent email asking about treatment options for their loved one who has been miserable on dialysis for two years. This email served as fodder for my latest Real Kidney Talk with The People’s Nephrologist YouTube video. I hope you’ll check it out, like, subscribe, share, and let me know what you think. 😉

the ethics of the right care

Julie* was 22 years old, but she looked like a frail frightened 13 year old curled up in the hospital bed. She spoke like a petulant one.

 

“I don’t want to be here! I want to go hang out with my friends!” she yelled when I asked her what she wanted for her care. I was in her hospital room as a representative from the Ethics Committee, my goal to help relieve the conflict between her and the team of doctors trying to take care of her.