Enabling Blind and Visually Impaired Patients to Achieve Maximal Personal and Occupational Goals: The Importance of Nonvisual Skills

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kraushar, Marvin F ^a   DeSantis, Vito J ^b   Kutsch Jr , James A ^c   Kraushar, Gaytha I ^b   Ruffalo, Joseph J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired   (United States)

^c The Seeing Eye ^*  (United States)

^d National Federation of the Blind   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; EDITORIAL; GROOMING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SKILL; VISUAL AID; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77950923279     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.017     Document Type: Editorial

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