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Caroline Boobis: All day dialysis

Posted on November 17, 2011November 17, 2011 by BMJ

I’d like to tell you about my mother, Doris.* She is 87 years old and has been on haemodialysis for nearly 25 years (is this a record?). She has dialysis three times a week for four hours, has a heavily restricted diet and fluid intake, and cannot go on holiday. But she doesn’t complain about any […]

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Posted in Guest writersTagged dialysis, patient transport, waiting times1 Comment

Research highlights – 3 June 2011

Posted on June 3, 2011 by BMJ

“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. […]

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