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Carole Hercun writes: > having this disease. They will talk about his intestinal polyp but not > his Parkinson's. Perhaps because PD is a BRAIN disease and there is > still a stigma attached to a "mental" illness? I say this also from the > prospective of a psychiatric nurse. What do you think? I think that this is "right on the money" and shows, indeed, that there is still lots of prejudice regarding "brain diseases". Best, Bob *********************************** ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ***********************************