Guidelines for the collaborative care of glaucoma patients and suspects by ophthalmologists and optometrists in Australia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-117

  White, Andrew ^a   Goldberg, Ivan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Eye Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative care; Glaucoma; Ophthalmology; Optometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY; GLAUCOMA; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEIDELBERG RETINAL TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMPHREY PERIMETER; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIMETER; PERIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

COLLABORATIVE CARE; GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84895835878     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12270     Document Type: Article

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