Service Meetings in a Renal Transplant Unit: An Unused Adjunct to Total Patient Care

Abstract

This paper presents a commonly known event which is uncommonly practiced consisting of a meeting of all personnel involved in the care of renal transplant patients meeting together once a week. The purpose is to coordinate and facilitate the total care of these patients. The discussions involve the medical, social, psychological, and financial aspects of the lives of these patients as well as the functioning of the service. Information and suggestions can be exchanged and policy, additional care, and changes in management can be effected. Such meetings promote increased knowledge of the patient and improved functioning of the service team. The patient's care and staff morale are improved. It would seem that the institution of such service meetings provides a significant advance in total patient care.