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Dear Dr William.M.Isbel Iam a Parkinsonian and I have always asked that question to many Doctors about the name Parkinsons disease but I have not yet received satisfactory answers since I always considered it a functional disorder and not a structural one. Iam sure if we keep the ball rolling it would be accepted as just Parkinsons or Parkinsonian or movement disorder Ronald Rodrigues >From: "Dr. William M. Isbell" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: On being defined by our name >Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:30:34 -0700 > >All - > > Has anyone thought of the fact that the very name >"Parkinson's Disease" conveys to people the impression that we are >carrying a contagious disease and that a wise person should stay away from >us? > Probably too late to change this now, but wouldn't it be >better to call our illness "Parkinson's Syndrome" or some other term >not as emotionally loaded? > >Bill Isbell > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >Santa Barbara , California ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn