Agreement between specially trained and accredited optometrists and glaucoma specialist consultant ophthalmologists in their management of glaucoma patients

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 853-861

  Marks, J R ^a   Harding, A K ^a   Harper, R A ^a   Williams, E ^a   Haque, S ^b   Spencer, A F ^a   Fenerty, C ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agreement; glaucoma; glaucoma specialist consultant ophthalmologist; shared care; specialist optometrist

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 84862488282     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.58     Document Type: Article

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