127310login-check‘Kidney’ vs ‘Renal’: Experts Say Words Matter |
Most Patients Don’t Know What Renal Means
“KDIGO collaborated with Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology (SONG) to conduct 10 focus groups with 54 patients and 13 caregivers from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. These revealed the patients’ attitudes and experiences with language commonly used to describe kidney diseases and care.
Some patients said that “end-stage kidney disease” sounds like impending death, and most did not know what “renal” meant.”
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