Psychonephrology 2: Psychological Problems in Kidney Failure and Their Treatment

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Overview of Psychological Problems in Hemodialysis Patients....Pages 3-14
Staff’s Problems and Staff’s Affective Reactions to Dialysis Patients’ Problems....Pages 15-30
Staff-Patient Interaction....Pages 31-41
A Patient’s Perspective on Patient-Staff Interaction....Pages 43-52
The Impact of Renal Failure and Dialysis Treatments on Patients’ Lives and on Their Compliance Behavior....Pages 53-69
Liaison Psychiatry Considerations in Renal Hemodialysis Patients with Acute Organic Cerebral Disorders....Pages 71-78
Patient Self-Reported Adjustment and Health Beliefs in Compliant versus Noncompliant Hemodialysis Patients....Pages 79-92
Children of Dialysis Patients....Pages 93-105
The Patient on Renal Dialysis....Pages 107-115
Termination of Hemodialysis Treatment—Staff Reactions....Pages 117-129
Problems in Discontinuation of Hemodialysis....Pages 131-143
Modeling Home Hemodialysis Success....Pages 145-157
Life without the Machine....Pages 159-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Psychonephrology....Pages 175-181
Cultural Aspects of Adjustment to End-Stage Renal Disease....Pages 183-194
Growing Up with Renal Failure....Pages 195-205
Habilitation of the Child with Chronic Renal Failure....Pages 207-212
Children and Adolescents on Hemodialysis and Transplantation Programs....Pages 213-221
Biopsychosocial Evaluation of Sexual Function in End-Stage Renal Disease....Pages 223-233
Impotence in Uremia....Pages 235-246
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Uremia Therapy in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 247-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
The Renal Transplant Patient....Pages 259-265
A Model for Social Work Intervention in Live-Related Kidney Transplantation....Pages 267-274
Long-Term Reactions of Renal Recipients and Donors....Pages 275-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-296