Preservation and Restoration of Vision:

Vision for the Future, Part 2: Eye Care Guidelines and Recommendations: Management for Ophthalmic Disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities

Eye Care Guidelines of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists

Hugh R. Taylor, MD
Guidelines for management of major categories of ophthalmic disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities have been developed by the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists.

Guidelines relate to:

Management of cataract and intraocular lens surgery

Diabetic retinopathy

Trachoma

These materials, which are presented in the following sections, are under consideration by Gabriel J. Coscas, MD, and Peter G. Watson, FRCS, FRCOphth, co-chairs of Eye Care Guidelines and Recommendations, as well as a group of Consultants particularly knowledgeable and experienced in the delivery of quality eye care in diverse geographic regions and population groups in the world.

Among the Consultants invited to consider these guidelines are :

Richard L. Abbott, MD
Vasavada Adbay, MD
Hannah B. Faal, MD
Albrecht Henning, MD

September 4, 2000

EHABILITATION: THE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS
WITH LOW VISION

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Also see:

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Specialists in the Eye Health of Indigenous Australians: Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, Commonwealth of Australia (PDF 932KB)
  
  
• Part 1: Diabetic Retinopathy
• Part 2: Cataract
• Part 3: Trachoma
  
  
• Table of Contents for Vision for the Future