Geriatric nephrology Geriatric nephrology Geriatric nephrology is the branch of internal medicine and geriatric medicine that deals with diseases of the kidney It is a growing subspecialty of geriatrics. Patients who are living longer may acquire diseases that accelerate chronic kidney disease, which often remains undetected until patients are confronted with the sudden need for dialysis. International Society for Geriatric Urology and Nephrology is dedicated to this issue and has its own journal. A book about geriatric nephrology was published in 1986 by Bernard Davis, M. Michelis. The American Society of Nephrology has a grant in Geriatric Nephrology. In the United States,
Body without organs but not petrified in its organ-ization. The cancerous "BwO" is caught in a pattern of endless reproduction of the self-same pattern. They give a rough recipe for building yourself a healthy BwO: Deleuze and Guattari suggest restraint here, writing that drug addicts and masochists may come closer to truly possessing bodies without organs—and die as a result. The 'healthy BwO' thus envisions the actual body without organs as a horizon, not a goal. Body without organs The "body without organs" () is a concept used by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. It usually refers to the deeper reality underlying some well-formed