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The Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Patient

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The pertinence of this area can best be understood by noting that in the United States alone there are over 80,000 people who develop renal failure each year, about 325,000 people who are on some form of dialysis, and over 100,000 who have functioning kidney transplants (United States Renal Data System, 2005). Further, more so than many other chronic medical illnesses, this is an area of great need for psychiatric input, both in the evaluation of candidates for treatment as well as of the recipients of transplants (Reichsman and Levy, 1972).

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Levy, N.B., Mirot, A. (2007). The Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Patient. In: Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69255-5_19

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