Dear Listfriends,
I have been invited to write an article on PD for a health
care journal. I have agreed to do this, without recompense,
because I think it will help spread understanding of PD
among health professionals (the readers of the journal).
Some important considerations, I believe, and ones that cast
PD in a new light, are the financial costs, both to the
individual and to society. However, as there is no accurate
tally of the number of people with PD, it's difficult to get
such costs.
Does anyone have any cost figures, of any kind related to
PD, that they could refer me to? I will need to be able to
substantiate such figures, so I will need to quote the
source of such figures.
Thanks in advance for any help --
Best regards,
Kathrynne
--
Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
"Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook
"Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's
disease"
& Risk Assessment Tools
"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's
disease,"
J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.
http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/
