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. 2025 Aug 27:spcare-2025-005714.
doi: 10.1136/spcare-2025-005714. Online ahead of print.

International curriculum and core components of kidney supportive care: a guide for clinicians in palliative care

Aoife C Lowney  1   2 , Sara N Davison  3 , Claire Douglas  4 , Frank Brennan  5
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International curriculum and core components of kidney supportive care: a guide for clinicians in palliative care

Aoife C Lowney et al. BMJ Support Palliat Care. .

Abstract

Background: Over time, kidney supportive care (KSC) - the application of the principles of palliative care to patients with chronic kidney disease - has been recognised as essential to kidney care.

Purpose: To describe the series of recent steps made by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN): endorsing KSC as a core component of integrated kidney care; developing consensus definitions of KSC and conservative kidney management (CKM) and creating an international curriculum on KSC and CKM.

Conclusion: Synthesising best evidence and practice, the curriculum provides an invaluable resource for all clinicians, including those working in palliative care. This article charts that journey and summarises the scope and content of the KSC/CKM curriculum.

Keywords: Quality of life; Renal failure; Supportive care.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: SND receives research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates and Alberta Health services. The other authors have no competing interests to declare.

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