This practical guide provides the knowledge and skills social workers need when navigating
the complex health care environment, while having to continuously adapt to change …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affected 26 million US adults. Many end-stage CKD patients
undergoing hemodialysis experience self-management challenges. However, factors …

Purpose: Depression is a common and debilitating condition that often goes undetected and
untreated among people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We conducted a scoping …

Objective To examine in-centre haemodialysis patients' emotional distress and need for
support across UK renal units with varying models of psychosocial service provision. Design …

Introduction Patients living with progressive chronic kidney disease may face a variety of
ongoing physical, emotional, financial and/or social challenges along the disease pathway …

Praise for Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy A Guide for the Health and Helping
Professions" Bruce Jansson's thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in …

The population of aging prisoners has increased significantly over the past several decades,
resulting in concerns about the criminal justice system's ability to address the needs of …

Medical advances in the field of transplant immunology, surgical management and
techniques of organ preservation have made the transplantation of human organs a viable …

How social workers define and assess poverty is a matter of economic and social justice.
Recent conceptual and measurement advances point to a multidimensional definition of …

Patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) requires that patients and care partners be
active partners throughout the entire research process. Although PCOR methodologies in …