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Optimising care for people with motor neurone disease
Author(s) -
Buckland Danny
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1516
Subject(s) - medicine , motor neurone disease , life expectancy , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , nursing , pathology , environmental health , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , population
The prospects for patients with a diagnosis of motor neurone disease are bleak; the disease progresses rapidly, life expectancy is low and there is currently no cure. However, recent initiatives are helping to improve patients' quality of life through earlier diagnosis and optimising care.