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Andy Williamson • Musician • Devon, UK

asw@bigbuzzard.co.uk @bigbuzzard

A dialysis ward: mine wasn’t as airy and bright as this one – several patients had multiple amputations, one needed a special hoist to lift them onto the bed; most were geriatric: a frightening place to arrive for the first time.

www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk

http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/newBB/viewforum.php?f=2 or bit.ly/kpgforum

www.renalpatientview.org (from The Renal Association http://www.renal.org/rixg )

www.facebook.com/groups/RPSGroup

Learning: 22% &

Laughing: 22%

Dr Donal O’Donoghue National Clinical Director for Kidney Care in the UK aka ‘ The Renal Tsar ’

Openness, trust and good communication are the cornerstones of the doctor-patient relationship. By avoiding difficult conversations and taking a paternalistic approach to disclosure in certain groups, we may be failing our most vulnerable patients.”

renaltsar.blogspot.com www.renaltsar.blogspot.com/2012/04/telling-truth-why-disclosure-matters-in.html

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Andy Williamson • Musician • Devon, UK

asw@bigbuzzard.co.uk @bigbuzzard