Low vision service models in Alberta: Innovation, collaboration, and future opportunities

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-377

  Harper, Kate ^a   McFee, Catharine ^a   MacDonald, Ian ^c   Jones, Marilyn ^b  

^a Canadian National Institute for the Blind   (Canada)

^b University of Alberta ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative service models; Low vision; Vision rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 33745726432     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I06-028     Document Type: Article

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