Certification for vision impairment: Researching perceptions, processes and practicalities in health and social care professionals and patients

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Boyce, T ^a   Leamon, Shaun ^b   Slade, J ^b   Simkiss, P ^b   Rughani, S ^b   Ghanchi, Faruque ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; SOCIAL CARE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLINDNESS; CLASSIFICATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARDS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLINDNESS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATE MEDICINE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84899576089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004319     Document Type: Article

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