title: Renal anaemia--the patient experience.
abstract: In progress within the United Kingdom (UK) is the provision of a National Service Framework (NSF) for Renal Services. The Renal NSF aims to raise standards, provide equity of care, reduce variations in services and improve the health care of renal patients (1). The Renal NSF will be published in four distinct modules, each relating to a major area of renal care: effective delivery of dialysis, transplantation, prevention and primary care and alternative models of care. Taking into account the opinions of patients based on national surveys, has been recognised as an essential component in the modernisation programme of the NHS (2), and therefore this national survey represents consultation on current service provision. In 2000, the UK's National Kidney Federation (NKF) (supported by an educational grant from Amgen Ltd) conducted a postal survey of UK patients with renal diseases. This paper provides the patient perspective on anaemia management from this survey together with the implications for clinical practice for nurses and renal healthcare teams.
authors.affiliation: Peritoneal Dialysis, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Docherty
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019985:Benchmarking; D003142:Communication; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004921:Erythropoietin