The Kidney Patient's Book: New Treatment, New Hope
Written by a kidney patient, this book offers a unique education on the conservative treatment of kidney failure by diet instead of dialysis and/or transplant. In between the constant repetition of facts and statistics, there seems to be more of an exposition of the way doctors really treat their patients and what both seem to want: costly high-tech medicine. In essence, the book promotes low-protein foods as a means to halt the progress of kidney disease, which may help some patients. There are contradictions: although a low-cholesterol diet is touted, some recipes call for unusually large amounts of butter. This book makes a reasonable point, though, as attested to by six kidney specialists in their forewords. For general medical collections.- Edward R. Pinck ney, Beverly Hills, Cal.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.