Where are all the clients? Barriers to referral for low vision rehabilitation

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Adam, Robert ^a   Pickering, Dawn ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian National Institute for the Blind   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consultation; Low vision; Ophthalmology; Referral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 37149044744     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350701481033     Document Type: Article

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