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Vanessa Grubbs
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Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
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“Here we seem to assume cheaper is worse when really it just means there is no staff or building that must be paid for.”
― Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
― Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
“National data said it wasn’t just our imagination or where we sat. I soon learned that though Blacks and Whites each made up a third of the kidney transplant waiting list at that time, Whites received every other donated kidney and Blacks received every fifth one, which meant that on average, Blacks waited nearly two years longer than Whites for a kidney transplant. As a primary care doctor at the time, not aware of the realities of nephrology, I didn’t know that two years could mean never having to be on dialysis at all. That two years could be the difference between surviving in body and spirit. Or not.”
― Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
― Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
“Yet published research studies suggest that patients and family members want to be given information about life expectancy, even if prognosis is poor. Others have shown that those engaged in shared (as in with input from their doctor), informed decision-making are more likely to make decisions about dialysis and end-of-life care consistent with their personal values—often resulting in preferences for less aggressive care and more conservative management.”
― Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
― Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
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