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Brain, Vol. 123, No. 12, 2569-2571, December 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

Book reviews

PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND PARKINSONISM IN THE ELDERLY.

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Dr Martin W. I. M. Horstink

Department of Neurology, University Medical Center St, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The title Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism in the Elderly binds the authors to a discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic problems of parkinsonism in particular in relation to old age. I therefore considered whether problems typically related to old age were covered by the book and found that this certainly was the case: the second chapter covers the differential diagnosis with vascular parkinsonism, normal pressure hydrocephalus, essential tremor and senile gait; Chapter 9 extensively discusses drug therapy of Parkinson's disease in the elderly, and throughout the book, special reference is made to problems related to old age. The list of contributors includes an even balance of specialists in geriatric medicine, neurology and rehabilitation in the broadest sense. The book can be divided into two parts: eight chapters discuss matters of diagnosis and drug therapy; these are followed by a second part with six chapters on social needs and rehabilitation. I therefore . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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