This book looks at the development of nephrology/ dialysis in the States over the last 50 years within a political and economical setting. Very interesting read, well written. Dr Van Giesen comes across as professional and caring, and I particularly enjoyed following the course of patient's disease over several chapters rather than in once short chapter as other similar medical type books tend to do. My one ctitique is that the book is jargon heavy, that even I in the medical field wasn't always sure what the various tests meant as jargon can be country specific and expert specific.

A book I would recommend to all with interests in the advances in modern medicine. It really does show the massive strides we have made in living memory. Thank you to netgalley, publishers and authors for my copy

This was a very interesting book that caught my attention because of my partner currently battling Stage 2 kidney failure. It's been hard dealing with understanding her health issues on top of battling my own disabilities but this book helped me understand more about the ins and outs. I appreciate the opportunity to read this book.

As a person who have had family members and friends on dialysis, I was very excited to read this book. Very detailed account of dialysis, its methods and how a doctor worked to bring this to the people of the area he was in. Good account of various patients and their journey with becoming dialysis patients. If you know anything about dialysis, this book also confirms how far this treatment has came. Very clear writing and informative. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book.