title: A new source of support. The nurse practitioner role in Parkinson's disease and dystonia.
abstract: Chronic neurological illness can be difficult for patients and carers to cope with. A study was undertaken to evaluate whether the support offered by a nurse practitioner had a positive impact on coping, and to look at how such a role should develop.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004421:Dystonia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support