The following web sites provide additional information linked to the topics in the SATIS Revisited unit kidney failure.

Details and animations on haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplants are available at the following websites.

Kidney patient guide
http://kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.php

National Kidney Foundation
http://www.kidney.org.uk/Medical-Info/

NHS Direct
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=565&sectionId=11

For information about waiting lists, organ allocation, including statistics see the NHS UK Transplant website. Fact sheets and news about developments in transplant technology are included.
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/

NHS UK Transplant has statistics about transplants.
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/statistics/statistics.jsp

NHS UK Transplant has case studies of different people.
http://kidneyresearchuk.org/content/view/28/51/

Another source for information about kidney failure from Renal Unit of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
http://renux.dmed.ed.ac.uk/EdREN/EdRenINFObits/CRFLong.html#anchor31914987

www.bbc.co.uk includes up-to-date stories of the impacts of kidney transplants on people’s lives. Type ‘kidney transplant’ into the search facility to find many useful articles.
For example, story and video about a girl born without kidneys who now has a transplant.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7330000/newsid_7334900/ 7334966.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=7334966&bbcws=1

www.kidshealth.org has useful information about kidneys in both the ‘kids’ and ‘teenagers’ sections.
Interactive online kidney quiz
http://www.kidney.org/news/wkd/kidneyQuiz_v2.cfm

BEEP - web site supporting the teaching of ethics in Biology courses: http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/15.0.html

Website for Science for Public Understanding – resources mainly for A/AS level
http://www.scpub.org/

Nuffield Council on bioethics
http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/

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