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When progressive illness triggers existential guilt

My dad's Parkinson's is progressing and he keeps apologizing for being a burden, but I don't know how to convince him he's not.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Degenerative conditions force both patient and family to confront questions of worth, dignity, and what constitutes a meaningful existence.

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