Parkinson's Disease A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management

<p>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.</p> <p>Written by experts in their field and firmly grounded in up-to-date evidence, <i>Parkinson's Disease: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management</i> 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.</p> <p>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.</p><ul><b> <li>Clinician-led content</b> provides perspectives of different members of the interdisciplinary team, including medics, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists</li> <p> <li>Includes<b> practical advice</b> and <b>top tips</b> enhance management of common problems</li> <p> <li>Includes <b>best practice</b> for Parkinson's as well as Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Syndrome and Multiple System Atrophy</li> <p> <li>Includes management of falls and <b>bone health</b>, <b>palliative care</b>, management of <b>inpatients</b> </li> <p> <li>Provides practical advice on delivering services remotely by <b>telephone or video</li></ul></b>