Three Essentials in Therapy of Parkinson's Disease

Abstract

Thirty years of experience with patients who have Parkinson's disease have developed better understanding of ways in which the family physician can best serve such a patient, not only to maintain his present well-being but to prevent the contractures, deformities and disabilities of later years. Emphasis is on proper orientation and the implementation of a program including medication, physical therapy, and exercises and activities.

There is no short cut to good and lasting results, and it is hoped that no doctor will hereafter feel that he has fulfilled all his obligations to a patient with Parkinson's disease by merely prescribing a tablet.