Parkinson’s disease: the challenge
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Parkinson’s disease: the challenge

Carolyn Noble Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist/Neurological Rehabilitation Co-ordinator, South Peterborough Primary Care Trust

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and degenerative condition. Rather than effecting a cure, the nurse’s role in caring for those with this condition is to enable them to live as independent a life as possible.

Nursing Standard. 15, 12, 43-51. doi: 10.7748/ns2000.12.15.12.43.c2954

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