Parkinson's disease in the older patient / edited by Jeremy R. Playfer and John V. Hindle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Contributors vii -- Foreword xii -- M. Baker -- Preface xiii -- J. V. Hindle and I. R. Playfer -- Acknowledgements xiv -- Part 1 Background to Parkinson's disease 1 -- 1 A history of Parkinson's disease 3 -- J. V. Hindle -- 2 Pathology, aetiology and pathogenesis 11 -- D. A. Stewart -- 3 Epidemiology 30 -- W. J. Mutch and C. Lien -- Part 2 Diagnosis and assessment of Parkinson's disease 41 -- 4 Diagnosis and differential diagnosis 43 -- G. J. A. Macphee -- 5 Assessment 77 -- R. J. Meara -- 6 Quality of life 89 -- D. R. Forsyth -- Part 3 Specific problems in Parkinson's disease 97 -- 7 Caring for the carers 99 -- R. Cousins, A. D. M. Davies, J. R. Playfer and C. J. Turnbull -- 8 Neuropsychiatry 106 -- J. V. Hindle -- 9 Oral considerations: communication and swallowing -- problems, diet and oral care 134 -- L. Marks, K.M. Hyland and J. Fiske -- 10 Autonomic problems 165 -- R. A. Kenny and L. Allcock -- 11 Motor Problems 184 -- P. W. Overstall -- 12 Safe mobility 200 -- D. O'Neill -- Part 4 Therapy and management of Parkinson's disease 213 -- 13 Organization of services, concepts of management -- and health economics 215 -- D. G. MacMahon -- 14 Parkinson's disease and the general practitioner 239 -- C. M. Hindle and J. V. Hindle -- 15 Rehabilitation and the interdisciplinary team 250 -- D. Robertson, A. Aragon, G. Moore and L. Whelan -- 16 The Parkinson's disease nurse specialist 273 -- E. Morgan and M. Moran -- 17 Drug therapy 283 -- J. R. Playfer -- 18 Neurosurgery 309 -- T. R. K. Varma -- 19 Complementary and alternative medicine 319 -- R. G. Brown -- Part 5 Research in Parkinson's disease 327 -- 20 Rehabilitation and physiotherapy 329 -- C. Chandler, D. Jones and R. Plant -- 21 Prospects for research in elderly patients with -- Parkinson's disease 345 -- J. C. Sharma -- Appendices 352 -- A.1 Useful rating scales for Parkinson's disease 352 -- A.2 Useful addresses and web-sites 356 -- Index 357.