For healthcare professionals

Fast facts: Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Christopher G Clough, K Ray Chaudhuri, and Kapil D Sethi
Publisher: Health Press; second edition, 2007
ISBN: 1905832036
A concise guide to provide doctors, nurses and therapists with up-to-date information in order to provide optimum care and improve the lives of those with PD and related disorders.

Parkinson’s disease: questions and answers
Author/editor: Dr Robert A Hauser
Publisher: Merit Publishing International; fifth edition, 2006
ISBN: 187341319X
Written by medical specialists in the field of PD, the book is aimed at doctors and well-informed people with PD. It also includes a CD-ROM showing individual case studies.

Therapeutics of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
Authors: Mark Hallet and Werner Poewe
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 0470066482
Includes a comprehensive update on therapies for PD and other movement disorders, and describes the basic mechanisms of neurodegeneration, pharmacological interventions and surgical management. It also features summary tables and algorithms as a quick reference guide for practical treatment decisions.

Your questions answered: Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Dr Thomas Foltynie, Dr Simon Lewis, Dr Roger A Barker
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone. 2003
ISBN: 0443064172
A clear guide to the medical aspects of PD, aimed at doctors and people with PD who have some knowledge of science and/or medicine.