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024 7 _a10.1007/b137372
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100 1 _aLee, Andrew G.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aGeriatric Ophthalmology
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Competency-based Approach /
_cedited by Andrew G. Lee, Hilary A. Beaver.
250 _a1.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer US,
_c2010.
300 _aXV, 127p. 18 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aScope of the Problem and Demographic Shift in Population: Visual Disease Incidence and Prevalence in the Elderly Population -- Refractive Error in the Geriatric Population -- Cataracts and Cataract Surgery -- Glaucoma in the Elderly -- Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Management -- Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Its Management -- Low Vision: When Vision Fails -- Visual Loss and Depression -- Visual Loss and Dementia -- Visual Loss and Hearing Loss -- Visual Loss and Falls -- Elder Abuse -- Functional Impairment and Visual Loss -- The Research Agenda-Setting Project (RASP) -- Screening for Comorbidities -- Refer Comorbidities.
520 _aThe elderly patient is not simply an "older adult." Geriatric patients have unique responses to treatment and disease: they often harbor co-morbidities that can impact evaluation, treatment, and prognosis. Often elderly patients may require specialized expertise or experience to deal with specific geriatric syndromes. It is not the goal of Geriatric Ophthalmology to make ophthalmologists into geriatricians. Rather, it is our hope that by applying a competency-based approach, we can improve awareness, increase understanding and encourage expertise about geriatric issues among eye care professionals. Among the topics of special interest to the ophthalmologist treating elderly patients, the editors have included diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, and low vision. As demographic trends demonstrate, the patient population of will continue to expand into the foreseeable future, making the competent and compassionate care of elderly patients an imperative for clinicians, public health officials, patients and families. Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-Based Approach aims to provide the framework for quality patient care.
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aGeriatrics.
650 0 _aOphthalmology.
650 1 4 _aMedicine & Public Health.
650 2 4 _aOphthalmology.
650 2 4 _aGeriatrics/Gerontology.
700 1 _aBeaver, Hilary A.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781441900098
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b137372
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