Quality Assurance in Dialysis (Developments in Nephrology)

The second edition of Quality Assurance in Dialysis expands the original format in which authors with special expertise in the various aspects of caring for patients with end-stage renal disease were asked to write about how to ensure the quality of that care. As such, this is not a ¿how to primer but rather a series of discussions focused on providing the reader with the conceptual tools necessary for insuring that the care they render is of the very highest quality. As in the original edition, much of the writing addresses dialysis in its various forms. There is, in addition, information on providing quality in transplantation from the medical perspective. This expanded text now includes many new chapters that address, for example, the impact of government regulatory bodies on the quality assurance process and new information on adequacy criteria and their use in improving care. Professional and technical personnel involved with delivering care to the end-stage renal failure patient, as well as those involved in training others in this rapidly changing field, will find the perspectives offered here to be an invaluable resource.