
Parkinson's Disease: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Management
Parkinson's Disease: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Management
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Parkinson's Disease: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Management
Parkinson's Disease: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Management
About this book
Evidence shows that a multidisciplinary approach to Parkinson's care provides better patient outcomes and is more cost effective. This new title provides a practical guide to this approach, with the perspective of the person living with Parkinson's firmly at its core.Written by experts in their field and firmly grounded in up-to-date evidence, Parkinson's Disease: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management addresses multidisciplinary intervention through the various stages of disease, rather than by discipline. It covers all aspects of care, from pharmacological management to non-drug interventions that are helpful for Parkinson's symptoms.This book is unique in its holistic approach to the patient and their family, and will help all members of the team to implement a biopsychosocial model of health that puts the person with Parkinson's at the centre of care.- Clinician-led content provides perspectives of different members of the interdisciplinary team, including medics, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists- Includes practical advice and top tips enhance management of common problems- Includes best practice for Parkinson's as well as Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Syndrome and Multiple System Atrophy- Includes management of falls and bone health, palliative care, management of inpatients- Provides practical advice on delivering services remotely by telephone or video
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Copyright
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Parkinsonās: Setting the Scene
- Chapter 3: The multidisciplinary team working with Parkinsonās patients
- Chapter 4: Living with Parkinsonās
- Chapter 5: Diagnostic Stage of Parkinsonās
- Chapter 6: Multidisciplinary Work in the Maintenance Stage
- Chapter 7: The Complex Stage of Parkinsonās
- Chapter 8: Palliative care in Parkinsonās
- Chapter 9: Parkinsonās Disease Dementia and Dementia With Lewy Bodies
- Chapter 10: Falls and Bone Health in Parkinsonās
- Chapter 11: Exercise in Parkinsonās
- Chapter 12: Care of the Hospitalised Person With Parkinsonās
- Chapter 13: Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes
- Chapter 14: Remote assessments for Parkinsonās
- Index