title: Survival is not enough: reflections of a long-term renal patient.
abstract: A kidney patient recalls his experience of almost 45 years of renal replacement therapy covering nearly 25 years of dialysis and 20 years with a transplant. At the beginning, patient or graft survival was a major goal and symbol of successful treatment. But for the patient, what really matters is the quality of his life, assuming he can survive.
authors.affiliation: London, UK. robin.eady@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Robin A J
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Eady
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002321:Career Choice; D017281:Cost of Illness; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000266:history; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome