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Comprehensive and classic text on diagnosis and therapy of binocular vision problems for eye care professionals. Material has been added on coverage of diseases affecting eye movements, such as neurogenic palsies, syndromes, lesions and nystagmus. Vision training techniques are numbered for easy identification and cross-referencing. ... Read more

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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to macular pucker (also cellophane maculopathy; epiretinal membrane; premacular fibrosis; retina wrinkle), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on macular pucker. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. ... Read more

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Even with the advances in intraocular lens technology and the growing diversity of refractive surgery techniques, the role of contact lenses in ophthalmic practice has only increased. This is due in part to the great strides in materials, technology, expanding applications (both refractive and therapeutic) for contact lenses, and the clear recognition that contact lenses will always be an important tool for the ophthalmologist. With the fitting of contact lenses as a medical art, requiring a thorough understanding of anatomy, physiology and optics of the eye, this practice is formulaic only in part. The rest of contact lens practice requires sound medical judgment and decision- making that comes only with 'hands-on' experience. The authors address this need by starting with a didactic approach that incorporates frequently-asked questions and straightforward answers so that the ophthalmology resident, intermediate contact lens practitioner, and optometrist will find this to be an indispensable resource. ... Read more

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This is an up-to-date textbook on the theory and practice of visual field investigation. It discusses the many different techniques that are available for the examination of the visual field, for example, kinetic, suprathreshold, and full threshold, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. The book also describes many of the current visual field instruments, detailing both their strategies and their techniques for analysing perimetric results. There is a comprehensive chapter describing how the visual field is affected by parameters, such as refractive errors and pupil size, with many useful tips as to how these can be controlled and compensated for. Pathologies which affect the visual field are discussed with special chapters devoted to glaucoma and the screening for glaucomatous visual field loss. ... Read more

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Clear and concise, this book provides the optometrist and eye care practitioner with an introductory, unbiased approach to the current techniques and procedures available to surgically correct ametropia. The content offers clear guidelines on key topics in refractive surgery--- everything from wound healing to legal issues, enabling the practitioner to empower the client to make an informed choice. This resource also features a CD-ROM, which shows surgical procedures and real-life case studies to help bring the book to life. ... Read more

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Completely updated, revised, and redesigned in two-color, this classic dictionary continues to be an essential resource for all optometrists in training and in practice, as well as for anyone involved in the optical industry. This edition includes all of the features that have made it so successful in the past, such as succinct understandable definitions, extensive tables and illustrations, and practical advice. Plus, it now includes many new entries as well as the latest information on refractive surgery, co-managed care, and contact lenses. * Over 4,200 terms are included. * Tables and helpful illustrations help users understand important concepts and terms. * The latest information is provided on refractive surgery, ocular therapeutics, and investigative techniques. * Foundation information and clinical advice is offered on essential areas such as basic sciences, optics, and refraction. ... Read more

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Test your skills and enhance your contact lens acumen

Unique case study format challenges you to develop your own differential diagnoses before presenting treatment solutions

Combined clinical pearls and color photographs make this book an essential purchase

Test your skills in treating contact lens problems! Clinical case report layout allows you to think through the clinical decision making process of diagnosing and managing complex contact lens cases. ... Read more

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This book has been created for parents who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells parents where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to amblyopia (also Deprivation amblyopia; Lazy eye; Refractive amblyopia; Strabismic amblyopia), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word "official." This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on amblyopia. Given parents' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. ... Read more

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OK for internet research
This book offers very little you can't find using a good search engine. In fact, the majority of the book is web addresses, and almost all of them are citations from the same address. Spend you money elsewhere. ... Read more

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*Now in paperback

*New low price *Comprehensive reference and training manual for the ophthalmic assistant

*Ideal for preparation for the AOA National Registry Examination*Provides basic information on situations commonly encountered in practice

*Features a glossary of ophthalmic terms

*Thorough reference and training manual for the ophthalmic assistant ... Read more

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Fluorescein angiography is being used extensively as a valuable aid to the study and treatment of various chorioretinal diseases. It has been responsible for some major advances in understanding the mechanisms of certain disease processes. For fluorescein angiography the patient is given an intravenous injection of fluorescien dye and special photographs are taken of the back of the eye. The resulting images of the blood vessels enable diagnosis to be made for diseases as diverse as brain tumors and diabetes. This book describes in detail the requirements of a fluorescein angiography clinic, the interpretation of a normal angiogram, the advantages of this particular investigation, and the classification of abnormal fluorescence. Chapters on the interpretation of diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy, and iris and anterior segment angiography are also included. The complications of fluorecein angiography are comprehensively described together with the steps required for dealing with them. This book is aimed at ophthalmologists, neurosurgeons, and physicians working in diabetes clinics. ... Read more

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A new technique offering safer effective surgical therapy
The book offers comprehensive information about the history, technique and results of this surgey, illustrations are excellent, and it is well written ... Read more

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The health-care industry in America consists of a multitude of specialty professions. While most of these require licensing through state agencies, the legislation involved largely rubber stamps the desires of the professional associations, self-perpetuating and self-regulating bodies that effectively impose restrictions on entry to the profession, type and location of practice, and advertising .

Professionalism and the Public Interest provides a case study of one such profession--optometry and vision care--as a means of arriving at some valid general conclusions about professional practices, especially (but not exclusively) those in the medical field. To what extent does the practice of self-regulation promote self-interest over the public interest? And are the high, fixed-fee, noncompetitive, unadvertised prices set for services justified by the "noncommerical," "professional" quality of those services? One of the major conclusions of the book is that the high prices that prevail in optometry--and medicine generally--restrict full access to the affluent, which actually lowers the quality of health care available to the average citizen, whereas a competitive price structure would tend to raise the quality of such available to the public at large.

Begun skillfully handles the instrumental resources in sociology, political science, and economics in his analysis, much of which is based on a data set that he assembled from a national survey of optometrists. State-by-state comparison of legislation relating to the optometric profession is provided, including information on which states require continuing education of optometrists, which states prohibit advertising by optometrists and opticians, and which states restrict mercantile location. ... Read more

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Improvements in eye care by the use of digital imaging technology , especially with young children and other difficult problems. ... Read more