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Management of Parkinson's Disease by Ruth Pinder & Christopher Ashton
Patient and Doctor Perspectives of Chronic Illness
An analysis of the special relationship which exists between doctors and patients with chronic diseases. It records the experiences and attitudes of 18 GPs towards Parkinson's disease and contrasts these with a group of patients who actually have this disease.Uncertainty is part of the human condition. But for patients with a chronic illness such as Parkinson's Disease and for the GPs who care for them, uncertainty and its management take on an added edge. Dr Pinder, in a series of moving portraits, shows how the differing anxieties of both parties may, if unacknowledged, lead them down different paths, with distressing consequences for patients. By contrast, a responsive GP may make living with P.D. more bearable. The author argues that an imaginative understanding of the illness experience may enable GPs to care more effectively for their chronically ill patients. The book presents a compelling case for looking afresh at patient-doctor interaction. |
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| ISBN-10 : 0333490002 | ISBN-13 : 9780333490006 |
| RRP : £29.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 09/11/1990
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page Length : 172mm
Page Size : 234mm