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Helping Parkinson's patients

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Parkinson's at your fingertips. Marie Oxtoby, Adrian Williams, Robert Iansek. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2002 (250 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3263 5.
Parkinson's at your fingertips is a practical, useful guide on the everyday issues of living with Parkinson's disease. Experienced medical experts have collected together the most commonly asked questions they encountered with their patients and answered them in simple, non-medical terms, exploring everything from what Parkinson's disease is and what causes it, to the daily practicalities of caring for loved ones. This book is essential reading for those with Parkinson's disease and for their families and friends.
Special features include practical advice about how to manage in and out of home, as well as information on social services, welfare benefits and available community facilities. This book takes a user-friendly question-and-answer approach and contains useful contacts, facilities and resources that are available in Australia.
"What a welcome change it is to read such a concise and easy-to-read self-help book on Parkinson's."
Rob Harpur
Vice President, Parkinson's Australia Inc.
CEO Parkinson's Victoria Inc.

Helping Parkinson's patients
Parkinson's at your fingertips. Marie Oxtoby, Adrian Williams, Robert Iansek. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2002 (250 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3263 5.	Parkinson's at your fingertips is a practical, useful guide on the everyday issues of living with Parkinson's disease. Experienced medical experts have collected together the most commonly asked questions they encountered with their patients and answered them in simple, non-medical terms, exploring everything from what Parkinson's disease is and what causes it, to the daily practicalities of caring for loved ones. This book is essential reading for those with Parkinson's disease and for their families and friends. Special features include practical advice about how to manage in and out of home, as well as information on social services, welfare benefits and available community facilities. This book takes a user-friendly question-and-answer approach and contains useful contacts, facilities and resources that are available in Australia.
	"What a welcome change it is to read such a concise and easy-to-read self-help book on Parkinson's." Rob Harpur Vice President, Parkinson's Australia Inc. CEO Parkinson's Victoria Inc.