Integrating Patient Concerns into Parkinson ’s Disease Management

AbstractParkinson ’s disease (PD) is a complex motor and non-motor disorder and management is often challenging. In this review, we explore emerging approaches to improve the care of patients, drawing from the literature regarding patient-centred care, patient and caregiver perspectives and priorities, gaps in know ledge among patients and caregivers and the need for accurate information, individual variability in disease manifestations, prognostication of disease course, new developments in health technologies and personalized medicine, specialty care, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management, finan cial burden, lifestyle and work-related issues, support groups and palliative care.

Source: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports - January 18, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research