{"product_id":"9789814458863","title":"Around The World With Nephrology: An Autobiography: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a boy raised up in a village in Poland during World War II, with his father deported to concentration camps throughout the war. Some years after he graduated from medical school, he serendipitously entered the then developing field of dialysis, and he eventually embarked on a career-long practice in the field, where he contributed to the development of a number of new inventions and therapeutic methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains 13 chapters covering the author's childhood, education, and his career-long contributions to the field of nephrology. The book includes inspirational stories of his patients; the struggles he faced in the course of getting his numerous inventions patented; his research work in the 1990s; his work of teaching and consulting; and not the least, his travels to interesting places unrelated to business. The book concludes with an epilogue summarizing his life, as well as his predictions regarding treatment of chronic renal failure in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical School and the Beginning of My Career in Kraków\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessional Progress in Bytom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFellowship in America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturn to Poland: The Lublin Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturn to Columbia: Migrating to the US\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooperation with Fellows, Laboratory Visitors, Nurses and Technicians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor Research in the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatients Who Inspired or Contributed to Progress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatents in Columbia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor Research in the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching and Consulting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVacations and Travel Unrelated to Business\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Nephrologists, other medical doctors, medical students as well as interested lay public.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185344659696,"sku":"9789814458863","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814458863_p0.jpg?v=1763690901","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814458863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}