Who should look after people with Parkinson's disease?

BMJ

Volumn 328, Issue 7431, 2004, Pages 62-63

  Kale, Rajendra ^a   Menken, Matthew ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NURSE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; NURSE CLINICIANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 1642575952     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7431.62     Document Type: Editorial

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