Ng D C
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), School of Medicine 94143-0320, USA.
West J Med. 1996 Oct;165(4):234-40.
Although Parkinson's disease is primarily a neurologic disorder, primary care physicians should be knowledgeable about the disease and its treatment because most patients will see their primary care physician first for their symptoms. Furthermore, in today's setting of managed care, primary care physicians will likely be called on even more to assume primary responsibility for the treatment of patients afflicted with Parkinson's disease; neurologists will likely play the role of consultants who see a patient only periodically and offer recommendations and advice for the primary care physicians to implement.
虽然帕金森病主要是一种神经系统疾病，但初级保健医生应该了解这种疾病及其治疗方法，因为大多数患者会因症状首先去看他们的初级保健医生。此外，在当今管理式医疗的环境下，初级保健医生可能会被更多地要求承担起治疗帕金森病患者的主要责任；神经科医生可能会扮演顾问的角色，只是定期看诊患者，并为初级保健医生提供实施建议。
