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The Kidney Citizen Issue 8
In this Issue: Dialysis Patients Secure Access to Life Saving Care Why Advocate? Going Home Beginning the Dialysis Adventure Staying Safe from Violence at Dialysis Finding Answers Through Research Living Well on Dialysis When a Kidney Transplant Fails Choosing a Partner with Kidney Disease The Sweetest Taboo Put Out the Fire! Simple Strategies to Reduce Chronic Inflammation Download PDF President's Message Dear friends, As I watch the change of seasons from winter to spring, I also see some exciting things in store for our membership. We still have our two Facebook pages, one for DPC and one for the DPC Education Center. We hope you follow both! [...]
National Healthcare Decision Day
A medical crisis, a severe accident, or an incapacitating illness can happen at any time, at any age, to any person. Do you know what kind of medical treatment you want if you can no longer make your own decisions or tell others what you want? Does your family know? Does your doctor and healthcare team know? We are encouraged to use the week of Monday, April 16th as the starting point to make plans about what healthcare decisions we want for our future medical care and treatment if we can no longer speak for ourselves. Besides knowing what choices we want made, who do we want to speak for us and carry out our [...]
Advocacy 101 Recording Now Available!
If you were unable to attend our first education seminar of 2018, the recording is now available! Hear from DPC's congressional relations director, Megan Beveridge and DPC Board Member Mike Guffey discuss the patient perspective and Congressional perspective on the importance of advocacy and sharing your story. After viewing the recording, please take a brief survey so we can continue to improve our educational programming. Call Evaluation
