ABOUT THE COALITION
Promotes clearer communication with family and loved ones about your end-of-life wishes
Welcome to the Coalition of Supportive Care of Kidney Patients
Helping clinicians put the caring back into kidney care
Mission
Promote effective communication among patients, families, healthcare providers, and payers to ensure that patients receive the care that is important to them.
Vision
Offer palliative care to everyone with chronic and end-stage kidney disease, from the time of diagnosis through the end of life and bereavement. Informed, supported patients and families receive the care they want.
Goals
Create culture change that transforms the treatment of persons with kidney disease, putting every patient at the center and integrating palliative principles and practices throughout the care continuum.
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Webinars
FALL 2022
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News & Events
New Book on Sale:
Palliative Care
in Nephrology
Integrating Palliative Care
Guides readers through the core palliative skills and knowledge needed to deliver high value care for patients with life-limiting, critical, and terminal kidney disease.
Chapter topics are based on the Coalition for Supportive Care of Patients with Kidney Disease Pathways Project change package of 14 best practices. – More –CATCH UP ON THE LATEST IN KIDNEY SUPPORTIVE CARE
Listen to our Podcasts
Elephant in the Room
The In this new podcast from the Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients, we address uncomfortable topics and difficult conversations. How can we live with fear and uncertainty? What do we say to begin discussions about end-of-life care? Learn from experts and patients with lived experience about shared decision-making, supportive care, and much more.
Executive Interview
Helping clinicians bring the caring back into kidney care
“The Coalition is leading, teaching, convening, providing resources, building evidence, advocating for change…to ensure that patients and their families have better quality of life: now and throughout the entire course of life. Advance Care Planning ensures patients with kidney failure have their wishes known and respected. We help clinicians and healthcare organizations prioritize patients’ goals and quality of life.”
Dale E. Lupu, PhD
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The Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients
Call: 202-994-7969 Email: kidneycoaltion@gwu.edu
