Improving healthcare access for people with visual impairment and blindness

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7842, 2012, Pages

  Cupples, Margaret E ^a   Hart, P M ^b   Johnston, A ^c   Jackson, A J ^b,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal National Institute of Blind People   (United Kingdom)

^d Australian College of Optometry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AWARENESS; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; FAMILY INTERACTION; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DEVICE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84858388007     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e542     Document Type: Review

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