Text, for consumers, on living with visual impairment. Presents information on equipment, organizations, possible treatments, support, coping techniques, and other resources. Hardcover, softcover also available.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of new blindness in older Americans, and other forms of the condition can also affect children and younger adults. While it does not cause total blindness, AMD frequently results in the loss of independence. Wason, an 86-year-old former journalist, writes of the disease from personal experience. Emphasizing a positive approach, she speaks poignantly of frustrations with the healthcare system and of compassionate as well as impersonal physicians. Information on eye anatomy and physiology is presented in a straightforward fashion. Wason describes early warning symptoms, known risk factors, and treatment options but does not clarify distinctions between standard therapies and more experimental or questionable ones. References are provided for each chapter but are sometimes too general. Appendixes include both standard and oddly incorrect definitions, a helpful listing of agencies and associations, and an updated list of Internet-based resources. Recommended only for very comprehensive collections.?Pamela C. Sieving, W.K. Kellogg Eye Ctr., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I arrived early at the annual picnic of the Seattle Free Lances, my professional writers' club. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
computerized administrator, people with low vision, people with macular degeneration, dry macular degeneration, wet macular degeneration, macular diseases, vision loss, talking books, abnormal blood vessels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Lions Club, Helen Keller, Library of Congress, Macular Degeneration Foundation, Talking Books Library, Arts Access, The Bates, World War New!
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I arrived early at the annual picnic of the Seattle Free Lances, my professional writers' club. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
computerized administrator, people with low vision, people with macular degeneration, dry macular degeneration, wet macular degeneration, macular diseases, vision loss, talking books, abnormal blood vessels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Lions Club, Helen Keller, Library of Congress, Macular Degeneration Foundation, Talking Books Library, Arts Access, The Bates, World War New!
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