Providing Resources to Enhance Patients' Readiness to Make Decisions About Kidney Disease: The PREPARE NOW Study

The PREPARED DVD presents patient and health care provider testimonials that characterize the pros and cons of different kidney replacement treatment options, including in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplant, and conservative management (i.e., no dialysis or transplant). The PREPARED book reinforces differences between the treatments by showing (in lay language) summaries of scientific evidence on treatment outcomes associated with each kidney replacement option.