An investigative researcher discusses how the optimism of the a lifesaving technique invented in the 1950s that made kidney failure manageable and not a death sentence has proliferated into a dystopia of skyrocketing costs and worsening care.
Record details
ISBN:0393866513
ISBN:9780393866513
Physical Description:277 pages ; 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-264) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Beginnings -- The inner sea -- Dialysis in America -- Who lives, who dies -- Medical miracles, bioethics and dialysis for all -- The roll-up -- On the blood floor -- Musketeers -- The fox in the hen house -- The wisdom of the kidney.