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Hi Paul: I am amazed at the paucity of information available in the average neuro's office, even in the medical centers like Johns Hopkins and St.Elizabeth's. The wonderful resource that is this List was only discovered by me (and I'm sure by others)by accident. So please don't shut up. Suggestions, anyone? Carole --- Paul Lauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear list: Over the weekend, I bumped into an > acquaintance who I hadn't seen > in 3 or 4 years who had developed PD, as I had, in the > intervening period. > After a short while, it was painfully obvious how little > he knew about the > disease even though he was in his third year with it. As > it happens, he and > his wife are not computerized, so my intended suggestion > to get on the list > would have gone nowhere. But I began to think about all > the other pwp who are > not on the list and wonder what their extent of knowledge > was. Aside from > what I learn on the list directly, the references which > pop up from time to > time about other sources of info are invaluable and leads > one to the sites > fro information gathering. For example, I recently added > 'Ask Dr. Lieberman' > to my list membership and receive as much mail from that > source as from the > pienet. Anyway, I digress. I was wondering if there would > be any sense in > trying to mount an informational campaign, centered say > on Neuro's offices, > in an attempt to make more pwp aware of the list. Perhaps > someone with PR > skills could compose a flyer which we could download (for > uniformity) and > then with Neuro permission, leave a batch of them in > waiting rooms or on > bulletin boards for patients to pick up. Any merit? Any > other ideas? Or > should I shut up. > > Paul H. Lauer > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com