Management of the Patient with Kidney Disease: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 September 2026 | Viewed by 538
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mindfulness; well-being; quality of life; complimentary therapies; palliative care; nephrology; qualitative
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Interests: well-being; quality of life; palliative care; nephrology; mixed methods; cachexia
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The nephrology speciality is a dynamic, diverse, and holistic practice specialty centred around working with patients and families to assess and address health and offer support and interventions to prevent disease. The care offered by the healthcare team traverses the life cycle and includes patients in the early stages of kidney disease, those presenting with acute kidney injury, others who commence kidney replacement therapy or receive a kidney transplant, and those who follow a supportive and palliative care pathway. Multi-professional teams are highly skilled professionals who require expertise in a patient population with several associated comorbid conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension. In addition, many patients are debilitated psychosocially by issues such as depression and anxiety. This calls for a holistic approach to patient care that is both challenging and rewarding. Driven by technological and educational advances, nephrology is a dynamic field offering complex interventions to support the physical and psychological needs of this population.
This Special Issue seeks articles (original clinical studies and reviews) related to the quality and safe management of patients with kidney disease including supportive interventions. This invitation is addressed to all healthcare professionals (i.e., physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, dietitians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, physical and behavioural therapists, social workers) who are involved in the care of patients with kidney disease.
Prof. Dr. Helen Noble
Dr. Clare McKeaveney
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- kidney
- nephrology
- kidney transplant
- acute kidney injury
- supportive and palliative care
- multi-professional team
- renal replacement therapy
- dialysis
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