Parkinson s Disease A Progressive, Chronic,...

Parkinson’s disease is defined as â€Å"a progressive, chronic, neurodegenerative disease† (Medscape, 2014). Parkinson’s disease affects the movement of the body and develops gradually, starting from a slight tremor and can progress into loss of autonomic movements to speech changes and writing changes. In this paper the author will discuss ethical and legal concepts related to Parkinson’s disease and how certain treatments like stem cell transplants can help but also be a major risk factors and have ethical problems. Also the author will discuss the management of care for Parkinson’s disease and how to advocate for your patients, teach them how to deal with their ever changing body and lastly how developing research can help to find a cure or even a better treatment for this progressive neurological disease. 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