Medication as a social prosthesis: People with Parkinson's negotiating medication

In this article we describe the emotions, responses, and reactions inherent in everyday life, enabled through medication use (mainly levodopa) by people with Parkinson's disease. Ethnographic observations revealed that, rather than taking levodopa on a prescribed schedule, participants learned...

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Main Authors: Terrie Vann Ward, Janice M. Morse, Kathy Charmaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523000677