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The Journey Parkinson's Disease

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The Journey: Parkinson 's Disease In the article titled “The Journey: Parkinson 's Disease” written by authors Mary G. Baker and Lizzie Graham, they describe the disease as a journey taken by the patients effected by the disease. For example, every journey taken needs some type of map or guidance to use and assist you throughout your journey. The map in this scenario is the useful information given by a healthcare provider to help them step by step in the process of their “journey”. The article explains that every map has a beginning and end of course. The beginning is different for all Parkinson’s patients, the average age of people diagnosed with this disorder is around 65 years of age. Only around a tenth of all Parkinson’s patients

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