Partnership with patients and their families.

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Thomas N. (2017). Partnership with patients and their families. Journal of Renal Care 43(3),131–131. , which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1111/jorc.12212. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. The theme of this year’s EDTNA/ERCA’s 2017 conference in Krakow, Poland is “True Partnership and Global Approach in Management of Renal Care”. The Editorial in the September (conference) issue of the Journal of Renal Care often complements the theme of the conference, so this year my thoughts have turned to what true partnership really means. It can of course mean partnership between members of the multi-professional team (nurses, doctors, dietitians, pharmacists and therapists for example), but for me a meaningful partnership is one that is shared between patients, their family and the health care team.