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Case of a kidney transplant recipient who found a sense of purpose in life
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- MURAKAMI Minoru
- Department of Nephrology, Saku Central Hospital
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- IKEZOE Masaya
- Department of Nephrology, Saku Central Hospital
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- OSAWA Kosuke
- Department of Nephrology, Saku Central Hospital
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- SASAMOTO Itaru
- Department of Nephrology, Saku Central Hospital
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- FURUHATA Shunichi
- Department of Nephrology, Saku Central Hospital
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- SHIDA Hideki I
- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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- TANABE Kazunari
- Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 腎移植レシピエントが見つけた生きがい
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<p>We report the case of a kidney transplant recipient who was himself a nephrologist and first author of this report, and who found a sense of purpose in life despite his disease. At age 7, the patient was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease resulting from vesicoureteral reflux. After undergoing surgery, he had to maintain a strict diet along with medication to control disease progression. Two years after becoming a licensed nephrologist, he received a living donor kidney transplantation from his mother. He used his position as a nephrologist and a kidney transplant recipient to educate medical and nursing students on organ donations and transplantations and to promote deceased organ donations. However, despite his successes the patient suffered psychological issues throughout his life because of his disease. First, he experienced depression from learning the poor prognosis of chronic kidney disease patients. Second, he was bothered by fears of having to undergo dialysis therapy and dying. Third, he struggled with guilt after his successful kidney transplantation, knowing about the many dialysis patients who were forced to wait long periods for donor organs. Nevertheless, he was eventually able to accept his disease and discovered a sense of purpose in life by promoting deceased organ donations. Our observations suggest the importance of treating patients with chronic kidney disease not only physically, but also by caring for them psychologically.</p>
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Transplantation
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Japanese Journal of Transplantation 51 (2-3), 207-210, 2016
The Japan Society for Transplantation
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680488048896
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- NII Article ID
- 130005260517
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- ISSN
- 21880034
- 05787947
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed