Introduction: Psychosocial Issues in Kidney Disease

There is a form of Cartesian duality that pervades much of Western medicine in deciphering whether a particular presentation is biomedical or psychiatric in nature. This determination then dictates the patent's diagnosis, treatment, and even care team members. Despite early calls from champions of patient-centered nephrology care,1 the modern practice of nephrology still lags behind other medical subspecialties (eg, oncology, cardiology) in the systematic application of a broad biopsychosocial approach.
Source: Seminars in Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research