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"It's not just the patient who has the disease. It's the family that has the disease," she said. "People with Parkinson's disease aren't isolated from their environment. Their environment is primarily their families and, therefore, the health of the family becomes critical in providing good health to the patient.

"We're interested in looking at the family experience as an interactive unit, as a dynamic thing. It's even having clinicians think about their patients from a family caregiving approach."

Carter's collaborators at the OHSU School of Nursing were: Karen S. Lyons, Ph.D., assistant professor of population-based nursing; Barbara J. Stewart, professor of population-based nursing; and Patricia G. Archbold, R.N., D.N.Sc., FAAN, professor and director, John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Nursing. The study was supported by the Medical Research Foundation and the Parkinson Study Group.

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Contact: Jonathan Modie
modiej@ohsu.edu
503 494-8231
Oregon Health & Science University
26-May-2004