We used to understand Parkinson's disease as a condition characterised by motor symptoms: tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia. Recently we have started to think of it as a multisystem disorder with significant "non-motor symptoms" including depression, dementia, and constipation, which have ...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common, chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease most often of the elderly, although 20% of those diagnosed may be under the age of 50 years. Drug therapy to replace depleted dopamine and some surgery is available to provide good symptom control for several ye...
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First page of articledoi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.21050817-6.xJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Journal of Advanced Nursing
Because Parkinson's disease (PD) has multiple neurological symptoms and often complex treatments, the quality of PD care may be higher when a specialist is involved. We examined the medical records, from 1998 to 2004, of 401 Los Angeles veterans with Parkinson's disease to determine whether ...
Relates the author's experience as Parkinson's disease specialist nurse in Great Britain. Element of work based learning encountered by the author during her nursing practice; Role and limitation as a nurse practitioner; Relationship with other health professionals and people with Parkinson's disease....
Question: A friend of mine recently retired from teaching. Sheused to be on her feet all day,...Michael Roizen, MdMehmet Oz, Md
EndowmentsNeal CookDeirdre McNameeBrian McFetridgePat DeenyRainbow Research,
Aim: The purpose of the study was to identify the role of the Parkinson's disease specialist nurse in providing support both for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their spouses.Hellqvist, CarinaBertero, CarinaApplied nursing research: ANR...
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative condition. Despite the recognised need for palliative care in PD, access to either generic or specialist palliative care (SPC) remains poor. Integrated SPC models of care have been described in other conditions. We report the ...