People with Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an incurable neurological disease of unknown cause with a fearful reputation for generating disability, unemployment, poverty and early death. This book critically surveys the current state of multiple sclerosis research, demonstrating the shortfall of current research undertaken on the lives of people with multiple sclerosis.

Autorentext
Paul Bull was a Geography Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Progressive multiple sclerosis forced him into retirement in 1999. He has since been a volunteer for a number of charities, most recently as Chairman of the Colchester branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

2. Multiple Sclerosis: A Brief Overview of the Illness

3. Research on People with MS: Definitions, Data Sources and Methodologies

4. What Type of Person Suffers from MS?

5. How Many People Have MS: A Case Study of the UK?

6. The Impact of MS

7. The Care of People with MS

8. Conclusion