RT Book, Section
A1 Sterns, Gwen K.
A1 Faye, Eleanor E.
A2 Riordan-Eva, Paul
A2 Cunningham, Emmett T.
SR Print(0)
ID 55785936
T1 Chapter 24. Low Vision
T2 Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology, 18e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163420-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55785936
RD 2024/04/16
AB In  every  subspecialty  of  ophthalmology,  the  patient  with  impaired  vision  represents  a  challenge  in  management.  Whether  reduced  vision  is  temporary  or  permanent,  it  is  the  consequence  of  an  eye  disorder  and,  as  such,  is  the  responsibility  of  the  ophthalmologist  and  optometrist.  If  the  outcome  of  optimal  medical  and  surgical  intervention  is  diminished  functional  vision,  the  patient  needs  vision  rehabilitation  (also  see  Chapter  25).  No  person  with  low  vision  should  have  to  search  far  and  wide  for  low-vision  care.  Some  level  of  care  should  be  integrated  into  every  ophthalmic  practice,  whether  it  is  on-site  or  referral  to  a  low-vision  center.