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Guides for Patients
Please use the following books as a guide and reference tool but, any worries or issues you have should be discussed with your medical team.
The text includes contributions from many members of the Beaumont Hospital Renal Unit team and has been supported by the Beaumont Transplant Foundation together with the Irish Kidney Association.
Take a look at all the guides we have below.

Choosing Your Dialysis Modality
There are several ways that you can recieve dialysis treatment. What modality of dialysis should you choose? Clinical advice from the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) Advisory Board.
ORGAN DONOR CARD PROMOTION
The national renal transplantation program based in Beaumont hospital has produced two videos to explain to possible donors what a live kidney transplant is and how it affects the donor and Kidney Transplantation – A Guide for Patients.
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Irish Dialysis Centres
Click below to find a map of Haemodialysis Units used by patients in the Republic of Ireland and their contact details to help your find a Dialysis centre closest to you.

