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The Struggle for Life A Psychological Perspective of Kidney Disease and Transplantation
Lyndsay S. Baines, Rahul M. Jindal
ISBN: 0-86569-323-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-86569-323-4
450 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 x 9
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Description: With case examples and step-by-step frameworks for intervention, the authors illustrate the challenges and solutions in establishing an effective ward-based psychotherapy service for renal dialysis and transplant patients. They describe clinical patterns of presentation and how psychotherapeutic intervention was refined over time in a clinically meaningful and evidence-based manner. Each chapter is focused on specific emotional disorders among renal patients.

The authors introduce the concept of loss of an imagined past' (aspirations and ambitions) never realized, or compromised, as a result of renal disease and as a major cause of post-transplant depression. Emotional issues which have received little prior attention in the literature—including substance abuse, eating disorders, gender disorders and emotional body image—are addressed in depth. Practical advise, including that against referencing the transplanted organ as a gift, is offered.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
    Series Preface by Barbara J. Tinsley
    Preface
    Emotional Disorders, Psychotherapy, and Organ Transplantation
    Medical Noncompliance:A Psychosocial Perspective
    Loss, Bereavement, and Grief in Recipients of Kidney Transplants and Dialysis
    Anxiety in Patients with Renal Disease and Transplants
    Body Image, Phobic States, and Concept of Mind-Body in Patients with Renal Disease and Transplants
    Integration of the Newly Acquired Organ and the Reconciliation of Any Newly Emerging Personality Traits
    Gender Difference, Femininity, and Homosexuality in Renal Disease and Transplantation
    Renal Disease and Eating Disorders
    Alcohol Abuse among Dialysis and Transplant Patients
    Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Renal Failure and Kidney Transplantation
    Live Organ Donation and the Psychotherapist
    Conclusion
    Index
About the Author: LYNDSAY S. BAINES, Ph.D. is a medical sociologist and psychotherapist who implemented one of the first full time psychotherapy services for renal dialysis and transplant patients in the United Kingdom.

RAHUL M. JINDAL, M.D. is a transplant surgeon at South Dakota Renal Transplant Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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