Eye Care in Developing Nations [Paperback]

Larry Schwab (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999 | ISBN-10: 1560550430 | ISBN-13: 978-1560550433 | Edition: 3rd

About 50 million people are blind worldwide. Twenty million are blind from a single cause, cataract, and 75 percent are blind from conditions that are preventable and treatable. The majority of the world's blind live in developing countries where health care and medical resources are scarce. The technology for preventing blindness in these countries is simple, and eye care can be performed by specially trained health workers supervised by ophthalmologists, often in remote places with limited supplies and equipment. This book is intended are a reference and text for students and teachers of eye care and blindness prevention in these areas. The emphasis is one efficient and inexpensive methods of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention programs. This second edition has been revised and expanded, with updated coverage of onchocerciasis, nutrition, xerophtalmia, and the World Health Organization system for grading trachoma. A number of new illustrations are included to help clarify the textual material.

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The number of the millions of blind in the world continues to grow, causing needless social and economic deprivation. Most of these blind can be cured, and much of the remainder prevented if all people had access to the simple and effective interventions that already exist. In this newly revised fourth edition of ‘Eye Care in Developing Nations’, the author describes in practical detail, what these interventions consist of and how they can be readily implemented. In this expanded and updated edition all chapters have been revised to reflect developments in public health and in medical and surgical treatments and techniques. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Amer Academy of Ophthalmology; 3rd edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560550430
• ISBN-13: 978-1560550433
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have reference for developing country eye work, January 22, 2002

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Jerry Vincent "Jerry Vincent" (Chiang Mai, Thailand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eye Care in Developing Nations (Paperback)

The author does a great job of succinctly covering the most important causes of blindness and vision loss in the developing world into a handy sized book.

Most ophthalmology and ocular pathology textbooks are written for North American and European clinicians in mind. The result of this is that important topics such as trachoma, nutritional blindness and river blindness are often scantly covered, if at all, as these conditions do not exist in industrialized countries.

For Western clinicians considering going on an overseas mission to provide services in a developing area, this book is a must read.
Outside of one or two other texts (such as "Eye Diseases Hot Climates" by Sandford-Smith), the only way to get information on some of the tropical conditions presented in this book would be to wade through a large number of seperate journal articles and WHO technical manuals/publications.

For those already working in developing countries, this is a useful reference, good for refresher learning and full of practical advise from somebody who has spent years in the field.