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PRIMARY CARE OPTOMETRY
Primary Care Optometry
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Fifth Edition

By
Theodore Grosvenor, OD, PhD, FAAO, Adjunct Professor, Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, OR; Professor Emeritus, Indiana University School of Optometry, Bloomington, IN; Professor Emeritus, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX

Description
An ideal resource for anyone involved in eye care – students, opticians, optometrists, and ophthalmologists – this resource provides comprehensive coverage of the diagnosis and management of common eye and vision problems. Key topics include procedures for myopia control or reduction, as well as the co-management of refractive surgery and ocular disease. This book is also an excellent guide to detecting systemic diseases that can have an effect on the visual system.

Contents


PART ONE: ANOMALIES OF REFRACTION AND BINOCULAR VISION


1. Anomalies of Refraction

2. Epidemiology of Ametropia

3. Myopia

4. Hyperopia NEW!

5. Anomalies of Binocular Vision



PART TWO: THE OPTOMETRIC EXAMINATION


6. The Patient History

7. The Preliminary Examination

8. The Ocular Health Examination

9. Objective Refraction

10. Subjective Refraction

11. The Binocular Vision Examination



PART THREE: OPTOMETRIC DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT


12. Management of Anomalies of Refraction and Binocular Vision

13. Ophthalmic Lenses

14. Contact Lenses

15. Nonsurgical Methods of Myopia Control or Reduction

16. Refractive Surgery

17. Age-Related Vision Problems NEW!

18. Age-Related Vision Loss NEW!

19. Care of the Vision-Impaired Patient NEW!

20. The Role and Scope of the Primary Care Optometrist

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 544 pages, publication date: NOV-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7575-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7575-6
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


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