title: Motor neurone disease.
abstract: Motor neurone disease is one of the incurable diseases; it is a tragic and distressing condition, leading from full health through paralysis to death within a few years. Although powerless to prevent or arrest the disease, doctors and all who work with those affected and their families can do much to ameliorate and bring comfort and understanding to sufferers of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cochrane
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001601:Bereavement; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013727:Terminal Care