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End-Stage Renal Failure and the Aged in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Thomas Halper
Thomas Halper
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Baruch College and the Graduate SchoolCity University of New York
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The kidneys are the body's main organs of excretion. They are, however, subject to serious, progressive, and irreversible deterioration, and as a result, to a decreased ability to extract poisonous wastes and excess fluids from the blood. Almost invariably, this condition proceeds to the point where it is termed end-stage renal failure (ESRF). As the name suggests, ESRF is fatal.

Type
Technology and Health Care for the Elderly
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 41 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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