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‘Talk CKD Options’: improving how clinicians communicate treatment options in advanced kidney disease using a conversation analysis-based training intervention

Paper B Peer reviewed Small trial

Key takeaways

A study of 150 patients with kidney disease in Ethiopia found high rates of bone-mineral disorder. This condition causes bone fractures and vascular calcification.

Who did this work

Samuel Westaway (University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust) · Chloe B. Shaw (At Bristol) · Barnaby Hole (University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust) · Fliss E. M. Murtagh (University of Hull) · Fergus J. Caskey (University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust) · James A. Tulsky (Harvard University) · Ruth Parry (Loughborough University) · Rebecca Barnes (University of Oxford) · Lucy E. Selman (At Bristol)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-11
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05240-1