{"title":"<italic>Non sibi sed omnibus</italic>: Chronic Dialysis Care through a Stakeholder Lens.","authors":"José A Moura-Neto","doi":"10.1159/000547615","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since its inception in the 1960s, chronic dialysis has undergone substantial technical evolution. Today, with over 4 million patients on renal replacement therapy worldwide, dialysis has become both a critical public health concern and a structured sector within healthcare economies. Beyond clinical innovation, a silent revolution has reshaped how dialysis units are - or should be - managed: the transition from a shareholder-centered model to one that should embrace a broader stakeholder perspective. This article explores this paradigm shift, proposes a theoretical framework for stakeholder-based dialysis unit management, and discusses its ethical and operational implications in contemporary healthcare.</p>","PeriodicalId":8953,"journal":{"name":"Blood Purification","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Blood Purification","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000547615","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HEMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Since its inception in the 1960s, chronic dialysis has undergone substantial technical evolution. Today, with over 4 million patients on renal replacement therapy worldwide, dialysis has become both a critical public health concern and a structured sector within healthcare economies. Beyond clinical innovation, a silent revolution has reshaped how dialysis units are - or should be - managed: the transition from a shareholder-centered model to one that should embrace a broader stakeholder perspective. This article explores this paradigm shift, proposes a theoretical framework for stakeholder-based dialysis unit management, and discusses its ethical and operational implications in contemporary healthcare.
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Practical information on hemodialysis, hemofiltration, peritoneal dialysis and apheresis is featured in this journal. Recognizing the critical importance of equipment and procedures, particular emphasis has been placed on reports, drawn from a wide range of fields, describing technical advances and improvements in methodology. Papers reflect the search for cost-effective solutions which increase not only patient survival but also patient comfort and disease improvement through prevention or correction of undesirable effects. Advances in vascular access and blood anticoagulation, problems associated with exposure of blood to foreign surfaces and acute-care nephrology, including continuous therapies, also receive attention. Nephrologists, internists, intensivists and hospital staff involved in dialysis, apheresis and immunoadsorption for acute and chronic solid organ failure will find this journal useful and informative. ''Blood Purification'' also serves as a platform for multidisciplinary experiences involving nephrologists, cardiologists and critical care physicians in order to expand the level of interaction between different disciplines and specialities.