Learning to live with glaucoma: A qualitative study of diagnosis and the impact of sight loss

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-267

  Green, Judith ^a   Siddall, Helen ^b   Murdoch, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disabilty; Glaucoma; Independence; Sight loss

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0036283793     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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