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Parkinson's Disease & the Law
An educational Resource created with attorney's to help people diagnosed with Parkinson's, their family & friends, understand legal issues commonly affected by Parkinson's disease. Neither Tooshaky, nor does the co-author Dawn Howard, receive any financial income from book sales.
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Parkinson's Deaths are being Underreported
Why This Needs To Change
We don’t need to change the truth. We need to record the whole story.
Parkinson’s is often underrepresented in mortality data—not because it isn’t contributing, but because of how deaths are recorded. When only one cause is counted, the true impact of Parkinson’s can be missed. This affects awareness, research, and how seriously the disease is understood.
Action Needed
* Improve documentation of the full chain of events
* Use multiple-cause-of-death data, not just one cause
* Increase awareness of Parkinson’s as a contributing condition
* Support research that reflects real-world outcomes
Better data leads to better understanding. Better understanding leads to better care and progress toward a cure.
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