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Donate for the future

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Donate for the future

Goldring, Kirstin
Working with Older People , Volume 7 (2): 4 – Jun 1, 2003
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Emerald Publishing
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1366-3666
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10.1108/13663666200300017
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Feature Dr Kirstin Goldring Tissue Bank Manager, UK Parkinson’s Disease Society Tissue Bank Donate for The PDS Tissue Bank logo scientists studying the causes and treatments of Parkinson’s. the future Our role The Tissue Bank’s role is In this article, Dr Kirstin Goldring describes two-fold. Firstly, it has an active campaign to how individuals’ decisions to donate brain recruit people (with or without Parkinson’s) to sign tissue after their deaths can help those an agreement to donate their brain tissue to the researching into treatments for Parkinson’s Tissue Bank in the event of their death. and other diseases. Presentations are given on request at any PDS branch in the UK and the work of the Tissue Bank is published wherever possible. Keeping patients, Background The UK Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) Tissue their families and carers, as well as other health Bank was established in the world-class professionals, informed about the importance of neuroscience research centre at Imperial College tissue donation and research in advancing London in January 2002, with the aim of Parkinson’s treatments is vital to the continuing encouraging links with existing tissue banks. The success of the Tissue Bank. research centre is renowned for its extensive Secondly,

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Working with Older People – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 2003

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