Young Parkinson's Handbook

["Bruce Warr; IFSM (GRAD/FACULTY)" <warr@xxxxxxxx>]

Just this past week I came across an excellent document on the
World Wide Web:

Young Parkinson's Handbook
Edited by Arlette Johnson
Copyright The American Parkinson Disease Association, 1995

Table of Contents

 1.  What Is Parkinson's Disease?
 2.  Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease
 3.  The Medical Management of PD
 4.  Neuro-Surgical Management of PD
 5.  Exercise
 6.  Nutrition
 7.  Communication and Swallowing
 8.  Psychological Issues
 9.  Relating to Others
10.  Sexuality and Gender Issues in PD
11.  Carepartners
12.  The Workplace
13.  Financial Planning
14.  Personal Insurance Options

Appemdicies
A. Parkinson's Disease Glossary
B. Approved PD Medications
C. Stages of Parkinson's Disease
D. Trademarks

The handbook can be found at:



As you can see from the TOC, the handbook covers several topics that
have been discussed on this list. I am posting under separate cover
a couple of extracts from the handbook that concern the different
types of PD (one of the recent topics). Another recent topic was
sexuality, but that chapter was to long to post.

Bruce



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