{"product_id":"from-miracle-to-mainstream-christopher-r-blagg-9780692869727","title":"From Miracle to Mainstream: creating the world's first dialysis organization: Early years of Northwest Kidney Centers","description":"\u003cp\u003e In 1962, Seattle Artificial Kidney Center opened its doors as the world's first outpatient dialysis organization. Over the years, its name changed, ultimately becoming Northwest Kidney Centers. But its mission stayed constant: to promote the optimal health, quality of life and independence of people with kidney disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mainstream: creating the world's first dialysis organization\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles events leading up to and following that time-from medical experiments to the present, when more than two million people worldwide live with a once-terminal condition. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fascinating journey includes the story of Clyde Shields, a critically ill husband and father, the first patient put on maintenance dialysis. His physician, Belding Scribner, MD of Seattle, used a Space Age material to solve an old medical problem and lengthen Shields' life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Christopher R. Blagg, MD traces the impact of Scribner's invention on kidney treatment, government policy and medical ethics. Blagg spent 27 years as executive director of Northwest Kidney Centers, shaping treatment policies that now are standard worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKidney dialysis is one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine. This is a story worthy of celebration, even as Northwest Kidney Centers looks to continuing innovations in kidney care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher R. Blagg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692869727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692869727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwest Kidney Centers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.13d","brand":"Christopher R. Blagg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946996924671,"sku":"9780692869727","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0061b52b-5fac-4ca1-bd2d-18ae269b4142.jpg?v=1681516094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-miracle-to-mainstream-christopher-r-blagg-9780692869727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}