Access to low-vision rehabilitation services: Barriers and enablers

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Matti, Albert I ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^b   Daly, Andrew ^c   Brown, Margaret ^c   Chen, Celia S ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Royal Society for the Blind Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Enablers; Low vision services; Referral pathway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VISION, LOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951988453     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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