What is it about?
This article explains motor neurone disease, its impact on newly diagnosed patients and how healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners can help those with this condition.
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Why is it important?
Motor Neurone Disease can affect men or women and occurs in people of all ethnic groups. It is becoming more into the public eye due to the media.
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Motor Neurone Disease is a group of progressive neuromuscular diseases in which nerve cells die and leave voluntary muscles paralysed.
Mrs Julie I Swann
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This page is a summary of: Assisting people diagnosed with motor neurone disease, British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, April 2011, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjha.2011.5.4.174.
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