The Knowledge Board:
Transplants (Kidney)
Below are a list useful sites relating to Kidney Transplantation
http://www.kidney.org/transplantation/athletics/index.cfm
The National Kidney Foundation, a major voluntary nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by kidney disease and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.
http://www.usckidneytransplant.org/
The Kidney Transplant Program at USC University Hospital is dedicated to providing comprehensive perioperative care to patients with chronic renal disease, including end-stage renal disease.
http://www.barnesjewish.org/transplant/default.asp?NavID=4432
The Kidney Transplant Support Group at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is designed to offer support as well as education to kidney transplant recipients (post-transplant), candidates (pre-transplant), donors, caregivers, family members and friends. By providing an opportunity for sharing information and experiences, the support group aids patients and their loved ones in coping with concerns and issues related to kidney transplant.
http://www.kidney.org.uk/Medical-Info/transplant.html
The NKF is the only national charity in the United Kingdom Run by Kidney Patients for Kidney Patients.
KIDNEY CANCER UK was founded in January 2000 by Keith Taylor and Dick Williams, two kidney cancer patients. It aims to provide UK kidney cancer patients and their carers with improved access to reliable information about kidney cancer and its treatment, and to establish a network of individuals and groups capable of offering mutual support
http://www.transplantsupportnetwork.org.uk/
The Transplant Support Network (TSN) is the only nationwide network that provides support - usually over the telephone - to patients, family and carers of all solid organ transplants and mechanical implants. As well as giving patients access to someone who has undergone the same transplantation process as them, it provides the same unique opportunity for the family and carers, who live through the many ups and downs before, during and after a transplant.
http://www.kidneymatters.co.uk/
Kidney Matters is the newsletter and Web address for the K.P.A. for all renal patients on C.A.P.D.or haemodialysis, transplant and pre dialysis, who are receiving treatment at the Q.E. or the satellite units.
A support group for renal patients and families: pre-dialysis, and transplant.
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