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Principles and Practice
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Fourth Edition
By
Christine Dickinson, BSc, PhD, MBCO, Senior Lecturer, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Description
This book gives both the practising optometrist and student a comprehensive review of the scope of the optometrist's work with the visually impaired.
Contents
What is low vision?; Incidence and causes; Measuring visual performance; The multi disciplinary team in low vision care; Magnification;
Increasing object size; Decreasing viewing distance; Real image magnification; Telescopic magnification; Non optical aids; Illumination
and lighting; Aids for peripheral field loss; Special techniques; Sensory substitution; Environmental modification and building design;
The initial assessment; The examination routine; Prescribing magnification; Training patients in the use of magnifiers; Are low vision
aids successful?; The place of low vision in optometric practice
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Paperback, 352 pages, publication date: OCT-1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-2262-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-2262-8
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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