According to a recent press release, the National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York has announced Hamilton College alumna, Ann Russ, PhD, of the University of Rochester as a grant award winner for her research. Russ' investigation into the decision-making process among elderly dialysis patients regarding treatment near end of life and the roles of family and clinicians in the decision making process is one of several projects within the psychiatry department at the University of Rochester that she has researched.
The National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York grant was created to stimulate research that will lead to improvement in the lives of patients with kidney and urological diseases. Russ' research plans to do exactly that. According to Russ, as the population continues to age, decision making regarding costly life-sustaining maintenance therapies, such as dialysis in late life, and the underlying factors in decision making will become increasingly more important to understand.
The National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York is dedicated to the prevention of kidney and urinary tract disease, improving the health and well-being of patients and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation. For more information, visit the National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York website at http://www.kidneynyup.org/
The National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York grant was created to stimulate research that will lead to improvement in the lives of patients with kidney and urological diseases. Russ' research plans to do exactly that. According to Russ, as the population continues to age, decision making regarding costly life-sustaining maintenance therapies, such as dialysis in late life, and the underlying factors in decision making will become increasingly more important to understand.
The National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York is dedicated to the prevention of kidney and urinary tract disease, improving the health and well-being of patients and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation. For more information, visit the National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate New York website at http://www.kidneynyup.org/
