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Books in Optometry

Focusing on vision assessment, refractive errors, and contact lens technology, this portfolio supports optometrists and vision scientists. It features diagnostic tools, correction methods, and eye health strategies.

  • Optics

    • 12th Edition
    • Chris Hull + 1 more
    • English

  • Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology

    A Systematic Approach
    • 10th Edition
    • John F. Salmon
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Optometry**Filled with stunning images and in-depth information on both common and rare ophthalmic diseases and disorders, Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach, 10th Edition, is both a foundational knowledge source for trainees and a valuable reference for experienced practitioners. Dr. John Salmon, from the University of Oxford, has meticulously revised this classic text, retaining Dr. Kanski’s highly effective format of succinct text and visually dynamic presentation. Extremely well organized and comprehensive in scope, it provides authoritative, focused guidance on diagnosis and management, facilitating quick comprehension to enhance learning, aid exam preparation, and guide clinical practice.

  • System for Ophthalmic Dispensing

    • 4th Edition
    • Clifford W. Brooks
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Optometry**Understan... and meet your patients’ eyewear needs with the reference that covers every aspect of dispensing ― from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. System for Ophthalmic Dispensing, 4th Edition, provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear, including the nuances of lens selection, making it an ideal resource both for students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date. Thorough discussions of every topic and hundreds of newly revised and enhanced review questions make this a one-stop educational and clinical resource for today’s eyecare professionals.

  • Theory and Practice of Optics and Refraction

    • 5th Edition
    • A. K. Khurana
    • English
    Theory and Practice of Optics and Refraction, in its fifth edition, continues to be a part of Modern System of Ophthalmology (MSO) Series. Without altering the basic text and layout, each chapter has been thoroughly revised to keep abreast with the newer concepts and principles of optics and refraction involved in investigative as well as therapeutic optical modalities evolved over the period of time.

  • Réfractions

    Du diagnostic aux traitements optiques et chirurgicaux
    • 1st Edition
    • Emmanuel Bui Quoc + 2 more
    • French
    La réfraction de l’oeil est, depuis le diagnostic jusqu’à la prise en charge optique et chirurgicale,au centre des efforts conjugués des ophtalmologistes, des opticiens et des orthoptistes, pourreconnaître la nature du trouble visuel et faire bénéficier à chacun d’une vision optimale et confortable.Cet ouvrage sur les réfractions permettra à tous les acteurs de la santé visuelle de parfaitementcomprend... les bases fondamentales et le système optique de l’oeil, les méthodes d’examen pouraboutir à un traitement juste et adapté de l’éventuelle erreur réfractive, quels que soient l’âge et lesbesoins du patient.L’ouvrage, à visée pratique, est très richement illustré pour étayer les textes et les explications. Il tientcompte des évolutions médicales, scientifiques et organisationnelles actuelles : nouvellesmachines, innovations technologiques, délégation de tâches et nouveautés règlementaires, évolutiondes verres et des lentilles de contact, innovations de la chirurgie réfractive.

  • Degeneración macular asociada a la edad

    • 1st Edition
    • Weiye Li
    • Spanish
    Una visión única de la DMAE, una de las principales causas de ceguera en personas de edad avanzada, mediante la presentación de los últimos estudios basados en la evidencia y la conversión de sus hallazgos en un conocimiento práctico y concreto. Incluye guías clínicas sobre el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la DMAE, que com prenden la clasificación, los signos y los síntomas, las pruebas de imagen y el diagnós tico diferencial tanto en la era previa a la aparición de la tomografía de coherencia óptica como en la actual, y presenta información actualizada sobre los tratamientos en desarrollo. Explica la genética molecular y los eventos patogénciso de la DMAE desde los punvtos de vista clínicos y de la ciencia básica, lo que invita a buscar nuevas dianas terapéuticas. Contiene más de 112 ilustraciones en color obtenidas con técnicas de imagen mul - timodales que muestran con claridad la fisiopatologí y la patologí clíica de la DMAE. Gracias a su orientación eminentemente práctica y clínica, así como por las nuevas estrategias terapéuticas que presenta, este libro constituye una referencia esencial para oftalmólogos, optometristas e investigadores.

  • Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System

    • 4th Edition
    • Lee Ann Remington + 1 more
    • English
    Providing the ocular anatomy and physiology content needed for a thorough comprehension of this complex field, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 4th Edition, offers a solid foundation for recognizing and understanding specific clinical situations and how they relate to anatomic structure. This concise, well-referenced resource covers the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, and histologic information—the information you need for success in coursework, certification exams, and clinical practice.

  • Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies

    • 6th Edition
    • Bruce J. W. Evans
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Optometry**Now in a fully up-to-date 6th Edition, Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies provides a practical introduction to binocular vision, offering comprehensive theory, how-to clinical guidance, and a summary of current research in a single, consolidated volume. Ideally suited for both students and clinicians, this bestselling text serves as an accessible, evidence-based reference when faced with binocular vision or pediatric challenges.

  • Contact Lenses

    • 6th Edition
    • Anthony J. Phillips + 1 more
    • English
    Completely revised with the latest advances, evidence, and standards needed for everyday practice, Contact Lenses, 6th Edition, remains a definitive work on this multi-faceted topic, ideal for optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists, and contact lens practitioners. This classic, superbly designed text is perfectly suited for health care professionals, providing all of the essential knowledge needed in one convenient volume.

  • Contact Lens Complications

    • 4th Edition
    • Nathan Efron
    • English
    In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, award-winning contact lens author, lecturer, and researcher, Professor Nathan Efron, presents an easily accessible, systematic account of how to identify, understand, and manage contact lens complications. Professor Efron is renowned for his ability to distil often-complex principles of ocular physiology and pathology into a clinically-friendly format. The subject matter is arranged logically by tissue structure – which is the way practitioners naturally approach clinical problems. Beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated with full-color schematic diagrams and clinical pictures, this book can serve as both a practical chair-side manual and authoritative reference.

  • Präklinisches Traumamanagement

    Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Deutsche Bearbeitung durch PHTLS Deutschland und Schweiz
    • 3rd Edition
    • German
    PHTLS – das weltweit erfolgreiche Konzept für alle in der Präklinik im Rahmen der Schwerverletztenvers... beteiligten Berufsgruppen Am Einsatzort nach dem weltweit anerkannten Konzept zum traumatologischen Notfallmanagement - Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) handeln: Im Mittelpunkt stehen der Traumapatient und seine bestmögliche Behandlung. PHTLS vermittelt evidenzbasierte Prinzipien der modernen Traumaversorgung. Das Ergebnis sind gut geschulte sowie differenziert denkende und handelnde Einsatzkräfte in bereits 66 Ländern weltweit. PHTLS ergänzt nahtlos das ATLS-Konzept des American College of Surgeons (ACS) für die klinische Versorgung von Traumapatienten. Das ''Präklinische Traumamanagement'' bietet didaktisch hervorragend aufbereitete und leicht verständliche Anleitungen nach dem PHTLS-Standard, u.a.: Einschätzung und Absicherung der Einsatzstelle Traumakinematik und Verletzungsmechanism... Überblick über alle relevanten Verletzungen wie Schädel-Hirn-Trauma, Brust- und Abdominaltrauma, spinales Trauma Trauma bei Kindern und alten Menschen Erstversorgung bei Verbrennungen und Erfrierungen Schritt-für-Schritt-... in Text und Bild u.a. zum Airway-Management und zur Immobilisation bei Wirbelsäulentrauma Goldene Prinzipien des präklinischen Traumamanagements Beurteilung und Behandlung des Traumapatienten Katastrophen-Managem... Verwundetenversorgun... im Rahmen militärischer Einsätze Neu in der 3. Auflage: Ein Kapitel zum tieferen Verständnis der ''Physiologie von Leben und Tod'' Aktualität und Übereinstimmung mit den von PHTLS Deutschland vorgegebenen Lehrmeinungen Berücksichtigung der aktuellen TCCC Leitlinien (Tactical Combat Casualty Care) Die wichtigsten Lehraussagen zum PHTLS Anwenderkurs als Zusatzkapitel - nun auch im Buch enthalten

  • Optometría. Aspectos avanzados y consideraciones especiales

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Montés Micó
    • Spanish
    Obra de texto que presenta, entre otras cuestiones, las peculiaridades del examen antopométrico en pacientes de características especiales, así como la cirugía refractiva, la farmacología, etc. En la obra participan profesores de las universidades españolas en las que se imparten los estudios de Óptica y Optometría y también destacados expertos tanto nacionales como internacionales con una destacada trayectoria profesional. Se acompaña de un valioso material complementario online que consta de: 40 casos clínicos, 13 vídeos sobre contactología especializada, una galería de imágenes a todo color y material de apoyo.

  • Optometría. Principios básicos y aplicación clínica

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Montés Micó
    • Spanish
    Libro de texto en el que se combinan los principios básicos de la optometría con su aplicación clínica, para así unir ambos enfoques, presentar las técnicas actuales para su estudio y dar una visión clara de la aplicación de dichas técnicas en pacientes. Aborda la actualización de las nuevas técnicas de Óptica y Optometría que se llevan a cabo en la práctica clínica diaria. Incluye el recurso online en ingles Student Consult, el cual contiene: preguntas de autoevaluación, casos clínicos, galería de imágenes y vídeos que recogen las principales técnicas.

  • Anterior Eye Disease and Therapeutics A-Z

    • 2nd Edition
    • Adrian S. Bruce + 1 more
    • English
    An indispensable ready-reference for eye-care professionals in Australia and New Zealand This newly-updated edition of Anterior Eye Disease and Therapeutics A-Z is a dictionary-style clinical guide to diagnosing and managing anterior eye conditions using ocular therapeutics. This easily accessible ophthalmology textbook offers succinct descriptions of over 160 anterior segment eye conditions – from Bacterial Conjunctivitis to Floppy Eyelid Syndrome and Vitamin A Deficiency – including 7 new conditions. Each anterior segment eye condition is supported by full colour clinical photographs, along with treatment protocols, down-to-earth advice, differential diagnoses and/or therapy alternatives. Anterior Eye Disease and Therapeutics A-Z, 2nd Edition is an indispensable eye-care textbook for busy primary care and specialist practitioners. It is also a concise encyclopaedia for students, making it an essential ophthalmology resource.

  • The Contact Lens Manual

    A Practical Guide to Fitting
    • 4th Edition
    • Andrew Gasson + 1 more
    • English
    The Contact Lens Manual continues to meet the needs of a new generation of optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens practitioners and students who require clear and reliable information for fitting a complete range of contact lenses. The fourth edition of this best-selling classic, now in full colour throughout, provides the most up-to-date guidance in all aspects of today’s lenses in a practical and easy to use manual. Featuring new developments in lens types, care regimes, current practices, and electronic access to brand new video footage as well as a range of learning tools, this manual offers a complete package to help readers expand their lens knowledge, improve fitting and optimise patient care.

  • Business Aspects of Optometry

    • 3rd Edition
    • Association of Practice Management Educa
    • English
    Count on this complete guide to setting up and managing an optometric practice! Business Aspects of Optometry covers everything related to the business side of a practice — such as selecting a location and staff, equipping the office, office administration and personnel management, marketing, options for a specialty practice, controlling costs, billing and reimbursement, risk management, and financial planning. To succeed in practice, this is the one resource you need!

  • Optometry: Science, Techniques and Clinical Management

    • 2nd Edition
    • Mark Rosenfield + 1 more
    • English
    An introduction to the theory and practice of optometry in one succinct volume. From the fundamental science of vision to clinical techniques and the management of common ocular conditions, this book encompasses the essence of contemporary optometric practice. Now in full colour and featuring over 400 new illustrations, this popular text which will appeal to both students and practitioners wishing to keep up to date has been revised significantly. The new edition incorporates recent advances in technology and a complete overview of clinical procedures to improve and update everyday patient care. Contributions from well-known international experts deliver a broad perspective and understanding of current optometric practice. A useful aid for students and the newly qualified practitioner, while providing a rapid reference guide for the more experienced clinician.

  • Law and Ethics for the Eye Care Professional

    • 1st Edition
    • Barbara K. Pierscionek
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The author, a Professor of Optometry with qualifications in law and experience in ethics, has written a unique book that gives the practitioner and student a solid foundation in the ethics of eye care practice. All optometrists need to be able to show an appropriate professional attitude to patients and colleagues, and to display an awareness of the legal, ethical and commercial constraints within which optometry operates, including legislation relating to the use and supply of ophthalmic drugs. This book will help you achieve those objectives. Each chapter contains many examples, both real and hypothetical cases, and exercises based on situations in which optometrists and eye care practitioners may find themselves during routine practice. A key focus is on developing both the knowledge and the skills of the student and practitioner to deal with these situations. Comprehensive, practical and illustrated with lively cartoons, Ethics for the Eye Care Professional will be the first port of call for both students and practitioners looking for a grounding in the ethical issues applying to practice.

  • Eye Essentials: Ophthalmic Imaging

    • 1st Edition
    • James Stuart William Wolffsohn
    • English
    Eye Essentials is a major new series which provides authoritative and accessible information for all eye care professionals, whether in training or in practice. Each book is a rapid revision aid for students taking higher professional qualifications and a handy clinical reference guide for practitioners in busy clinics. Highly designed with synoptic text, handy tables, key bullet points, summaries, icons and stunning full colour illustrations, the books have rapidly established themselves as the essential eye clinic pocket books. Ophthalmic Imaging explains and demonstrates the complete technology involved with imaging, from imaging chip and colour information capture to high-end instrumentation as this is critical to a full understanding of the potential and limitations of ocular imaging.

  • Clinical Ocular Pharmacology

    • 5th Edition
    • Jimmy D. Bartlett + 1 more
    • English
    Written by experts in the field, this comprehensive resource offers valuable information on the practical uses of drugs in primary eye care. Discussions of the pharmacology of ocular drugs such as anti-infective agents, anti-glaucoma drugs, and anti-allergy drugs lead to more in-depth information on ocular drugs used to treat a variety of disorders, including diseases of the eyelids, corneal diseases, ocular infections, and glaucoma. The book also covers ocular toxicology, focusing on drug interactions, ocular effects of systemic drugs, and life-threatening systemic emergencies.

  • Eye Essentials: Cataract

    Assessment, Classification and Management
    • 1st Edition
    • Raman Malhotra
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Eye Essentials is a major new series which provides authoritative and accessible information for all eye care professionals, whether in training or in practice. Each book is a rapid revision aid for students taking higher professional qualifications and a handy clinical reference guide for practitioners in busy clinics. Highly designed with synoptic text, handy tables, key bullet points, summaries, icons and stunning full colour illustrations, the books have rapidly established themselves as the essential eye clinic pocket books.

  • Clinical Medicine in Optometric Practice

    • 2nd Edition
    • Bruce Muchnick
    • English
    This updated new edition is a practical guide to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of systemic disorders as they relate to primary eye care. It incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, from the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, to testing and diagnosis methods, to medical and surgical management. Clinical Medicine in Optometric Practice, 2nd Edition provides the reader with the information needed to make informed decisions about patient management, such as identifying symptoms and their related disorders, and knowing when to refer patients to a medical specialist.

  • Sports Vision

    Vision Care for the Enhancement of Sports Performance
    • 1st Edition
    • Graham B. Erickson
    • English
    From basic eye care services to visual performance enhancement training, this evidence-based resource explores a wide range of sports vision services, addressing many of the questions you may have regarding assessment and treatment procedures, outcome expectations, and applications to sport. You'll find a thorough review and discussion of the role of vision care in an athlete's performance, as well as practical recommendations for applying current research findings to clinical practice. The accompanying CD-ROM enables you to easily print your own copies and versions of evaluation forms, screening forms, sample profiles, and patient handouts, plus other samples and resources used in client assessment and training!

  • Bennett and Rabbett's Clinical Visual Optics

    • 4th Edition
    • Ronald B. Rabbetts
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The fourth edition of this classic textbook has been brought thoroughly up to date with revised chapters on Ocular Aberrations, Visual Examination of the Eye, and Distribution and Ocular Dioptics of Ametropia. New contributors have been added and the book has been completely redesigned using colour to offer a more accessible layout and enhance the many line illustrations. The new companion website has valuable additional resources including a simulation of subjective refraction, video clips showing clinical procedures and extra appendices to the book.

  • Glaucoma Identification and Co-management

    • 1st Edition
    • David F. Edgar + 1 more
    • English
    Glaucoma Identification and Co-management aims to provide the background knowledge needed by optometrists embarking on co-management/shared... of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) and to reinforce the knowledge of those already involved in co-management/shared... practice. While the majority of readers will be registered optometrists, the book will also serve as a valuable reference work for students of optometry. Co-management/shared care schemes require a combination of skills from several disciplines – notably ophthalmology and optometry, and both professions are represented among the contributors. We have contributions from pharmacists too, who also have a key role to play in the management of patients suffering from glaucoma. Epidemiology, gonioscopy, co-management schemes and a pharmacological as well as clinical approach to the medical treatment of glaucoma are covered.

  • Peripheral Ocular Fundus

    • 3rd Edition
    • William L. Jones
    • English
    Well organized and comprehensive, this text is richly illustrated with full-color photographs to assist with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the peripheral ocular fundus. It covers developmental anomalies of the peripheral retina, ora serrata, and pars plana, with emphasis placed on degeneration and anomalies of the retina and vitreous which have the potential for producing a retinal break or detachment.

  • Low Vision Manual

    • 1st Edition
    • Ian Bailey
    • Jonathan Jackson + 1 more
    • English
    …this book represents a real milestone for low vision care because it is one of the first low vision books in the world, and the first from the UK, that doesn’t just give lip service to multi-disciplinary collaboration- it has a multi-disciplinary authorship.Barbara Ryan, Research Associate, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKLow Vision Manual is a comprehensive guide and up-to-date reference source, written by clinical and research experts in the fields of disease detection and management; primary and secondary optometric care; low vision optics and prescribing; counselling and rehabilitation. All these areas are explored in this book in four key sections:Section One: Definition of low vision and its epidemiologySection Two: The measurement of visual function of the visually impairedSection Three: The optics and practical tips on prescribing low vision aidsSection Four: Rehabilitation strategies and techniquesThis is an important reference tool for all professionals involved with the visually impaired. The book covers everything a practitioner will need on a day-to-day basis. Clear layout with practical tips, worked examples and practical pearls will enable the front-line eye-care professional to provide patients with sound, research-based clinical care and rehabilitation.An essential reference for:• Ophthalmology•... nursing• Visual rehabilitation• Occu... therapy• Social work• Peer work• Psychology• Di... opticians

  • Eye Essentials: Rigid Gas-Permeable Lens Fitting

    • 1st Edition
    • Andrew Franklin + 1 more
    • English
    •eye essentials is a series of user-friendly, rapid-reference books designed to address the core skills required by the eye care practitioner in modern optical practice.• Each title is authored by experts in the subject area.• The common format of each volume makes for exceptional ease of reference.• Full colour is used throughout.• Each book emphasizes the practical, rather than theoretical, elements of optometry and optics.• Addressing classical concepts and new developments in the optical industry, eye essentials is a comprehensive series that the eye care practitioner will find invaluable in routine or specialized practice.•eye essentials is an indispensable reference series for students, graduates completing their pre-registration year, qualified practitioners who are keen to polish their clinical skills and all those who would like to be up to date with new concepts in the optical profession.

  • Eye Essentials: Soft Lens Fitting

    • 1st Edition
    • Andrew Franklin + 1 more
    • English
    EYE ESSENTIALS is a series of user-friendly, rapid-reference books designed to address the core skills required by the eye care practitioner in modern optical practice. Each full colour title is authored by experts in the subject area. The common format of each volume makes for exceptional ease of reference. The titles emphasizes the practical, rather than theoretical, elements of optometry and optics. Addressing classical concepts and new developments in the optical industry, EYE ESSENTIALS is a comprehensive series that the eye care practitioner will find invaluable in routine or specialized practice.

  • System for Ophthalmic Dispensing

    • 3rd Edition
    • Clifford W. Brooks + 1 more
    • English
    The ultimate ophthalmic dispensing reference, this book provides a step-by-step system for properly fitting and adjusting eyewear. It covers every aspect of dispensing — from basic terminology to frame selection to eyewear fitting, adjusting, and repairing. Perfect for both students who are just learning about dispensing and practitioners who want to keep their skills up to date, this resource offers in-depth discussions of all types of lenses, including multifocal, progressive, absorptive, safety, recreational, aspheric, and high index. Plus, it goes beyond the basics to explore the "how" and "why" behind lens selection, to help you better understand and meet your patients' vision needs.

  • Rosenbloom & Morgan's Vision and Aging

    • 1st Edition
    • Alfred A. Rosenbloom
    • English
    Focusing on the fastest growing segment of our population, this unique resource addresses the diagnosis and treatment of low vision in older adults. The author, Dr. Rosenbloom, is well known for his expertise in low vision and the care of elderly patients in optometric practice. This practical manual discusses all aspects of the aging eye and offers thorough coverage of both optometric primary care and the management of major ocular disease in the elderly. Other topics include the pathologic, pharmacologic, psychologic, and socioeconomic aspects of aging.

  • Borish's Clinical Refraction

    • 2nd Edition
    • William J. Benjamin
    • English
    Now updated and expanded to cover the latest technologies, this full-color text on clinical refraction uses an easy-to-read format to give optometry students and practitioners all the important information they need. Also covers a wide range of other aspects of the eye exam, including anterior and posterior segment evaluations, contact lens, ocular pharmacology, and visual field analysis. Four new chapters cover wavefront-guided refraction, optical correction with refractive surgeries, prosthetic devices, and patients with ocular pathology.

  • Nutrition and the Eye

    A Practical Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Frank Eperjesi + 1 more
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This timely new reference provides up-to-date information on the effects of nutrition on vision for eye care specialists. It offers practical assistance in clinical procedure with essential nutritional information backed up by evidence-based research. Contributors include specialists in the fields of nutrition, vision research, and life sciences.

  • Manual of Contact Lens Prescribing and Fitting with CD-ROM

    • 3rd Edition
    • Milton M. Hom + 1 more
    • English
    Written in a concise, practical, outline manner, Manual of Contact Lens Prescribing and Fitting, 3rd Edition follows the logical progression of patient care, from basic prefitting topics, through rigid lens, soft lenses and advanced/specialty issues. Valuable management information assists in fitting and problem-solving situations, and clinical pearls in every chapter highlight key points. The companion CD-ROM uses video, animation, and morphing to demonstrate the skills of movement and position that are necessary to correctly fit rigid contact lenses.

  • Contact Lens Optics & Lens Design

    • 3rd Edition
    • William A. Douthwaite
    • English
    The third edition of Contact Lens Optics & Lens Design is clearer and more accessible than ever before. Without assuming detailed prior knowledge of optics and ophthalmic lenses, Professor Douthwaite provides a straightforward introduction and, moving from a restatement of basic knowledge, builds solutions to the vast majority of contact lens optics problems likely to be encountered by the student or practitioner. With a new design including colour, Contact Lens Optics & Lens Design has been thoroughly updated and contains new for this third edition:• integral coverage of soft lenses• information on the latest corneal measuring techniques• expanded coverage of astigmatism and corneal toricity• a new chapter on presbyopia• separate treatment of orthokeratologyAlso included on the accompanying CD is a completely revised and extended set of invaluable computer programs, which allow the student and busy practitioner to bypass tedious calculations in arriving at best fits.The new Contact Lens Optics & Lens Design is indispensable reading for all undergraduate optometry students and will also be an invaluable guide for contact lens practitioners in helping them to cope rapidly and efficiently with the problems of everyday contact lens fitting.

  • Eye Essentials: Visual Fields

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert P. Cubbidge
    • English
    Eye Essentials is a major new series which provides authoritative and accessible information for all eye care professionals, whether in training or in practice. Each book is a rapid revision aid for students taking higher professional qualifications and a handy clinical reference guide for practitioners in busy clinics. Highly designed with synoptic text, handy tables, key bullet points, summaries, icons and stunning full colour illustrations, the books have rapidly established themselves as the essential eye clinic pocket books.

  • LASIK

    A Handbook for Optometrists
    • 1st Edition
    • Michelle Hanratty
    • English
    Intensely practical and highly accessible, this essential handbook provides a key reference for any optometrist needing to give objective information to patients considering laser eye surgery. It follows a typical patient journey through the LASIK procedure and covers the normal outcomes as well as any complications. All aspects of the optometrist's role are covered, from pre-selection, referral and data collection through to counselling, procedures and aftercare.A down-to-earth handbook providing instant information for all optometrists needing to inform patients about their potential suitabilityA wealth of clinical advice, practical points and colour illustrations providing a road map for successIf you want to give your patients an informed opinion about refractive surgery or are co-managing LASIK patients, you cannot be without this information.

  • Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System

    • 3rd Edition
    • Lee Ann Remington + 1 more
    • English
    Taking the place of the multiple texts traditionally needed to cover visual anatomy and physiology, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 3rd Edition dramatically lightens your load by providing one book that covers it all! This concise, well-referenced resource contains information on the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, histologic information, plus newly added content on physiology of the human ocular structures. Vivid illustrations complement the text and provide clinical information on diseases and disorders that represent departures from normal clinical anatomy.

  • Medical Contact Lens Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Elisabeth A. W. Millis
    • English
    Medical Contact Lens Practice is a comprehensive yet concise new ready reference text for all those involved in the contact lens field.This book:has a broad coverage and systematic presentation yet remains succinct so that you can find all the key points quickly if you are a student or a busy practitionercontains numerous superb, full colour illustrations to show a whole range of medical conditionsis highly designed so that you can see all the information at a glancecovers a whole range of practical tips and clinical pearls from the author's extensive experience in practice and this should save you time This invaluable practice text will be an essential purchase for all ophthalmologists, optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens practitioners and students.

  • Orthokeratology

    Principles and Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • John Mountford + 2 more
    • English
    This unique text aims to demystify the subject of orthokeratology and to provide a practical text for all those contact lens practitioners wishing to start the technique. Critical, balanced and informative it thoroughly evaluates the literature and evidence, gives sensible guidelines for practice. Adopting an international approach, it features a wealth of colour illustrations and clinical pearlsAn essential purchase for all those who are thinking of fitting orthoK lenses, especially contact lens practitioners and optometrists.

  • The Professional Qualifying Examinations

    A Survival Guide for Optometrists
    • 1st Edition
    • Frank Eperjesi + 2 more
    • English
    The Professional Qualifying Examinations can be a daunting prospect for any optometry student. This survival guide provides down to earth practical help for all those about to sit the PQEs. Brimming with sound advice and lots of useful hints and tips, it covers everything from applying for a pre-registration position, the pre-reg year diary, exams, venues, accommodation and achieving examination success through to over 500 past examination questions in the various PQE topics from binocular vision to contact lenses.A gold-mine of useful information and practical advice, this book will help you achieve examination success and go on to be a competent optometrist.

  • Manual of Eye Emergencies

    Diagnosis and Management
    • 2nd Edition
    • Lennox A. Webb
    • English
    This practical manual, with its clear clinical approach and numerous colour illustrations, gives a step-by-step guide to the diagnosis and management of commonly presenting eye problems in the primary care setting or emergency room. It's unique layout, decision-making pathways, concise text and down to earth advice will give instant help in the diagnosis and management of these conditions. It is an essential purchase for all those involved in the rapid treatment of common ocular conditions in the primary care setting whether optometrists, primary care physicians, general practitioners, ophthalmologists, emergency staff or nurses.

  • Essentials of Clinical Binocular Vision

    • 1st Edition
    • Erik M. Weissberg
    • English
    Clinically relevant information on binocular vision in an easily referenced format.

  • Manual of Gas Permeable Contact Lenses

    • 2nd Edition
    • Edward S. Bennett + 1 more
    • English
    This book is devoted to nanochemistry: a branch of the actively developing interdisciplinary field of nanoscience. This branch of science studies the processes to production and reactions of nanoparticles and their compounds. It has been shown that such particles are of high activity and can undergo new and unusual chemical transformations. These transformations play an active role in our daily lives to provide reagents for self-cleaning glass surfaces and fabrics, different antiseptic coverings, sensors for monitoring the environment and catalysts preventing pollution. Nanochemistry covers the main studies of these reactions and reviews the work of leading scientists from different countries around the world. This book is the first monograph on nanochemistry, combining the elements of review and text book which allows for information on current and prospective directions in nanochemistry.

  • Practical Binocular Vision Assessment

    A Practical Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Frank Eperjesi + 1 more
    • English
    Brimming with sound practical advice and helpful clinical pearls, this book combines a practical work book on binocular vision anomalies with a CD-Rom illustrating various eye movement disorders. With suggested routines and protocols and a straightforward, 'how-to-do-it' approach, it will appeal to students and practitioners alike. It is an essential purchase for all optometrists, dispensing opticians and trainee orthoptists and junior ophthalmologist.

  • Optics

    • 11th Edition
    • Mike Freeman + 1 more
    • English
    An understanding of the fundamental principles of geometrical and physical optics is essential for any student engaged in the study of the visual sciences, but the non-physicist needs a text which clearly explains these notoriously difficult concepts in order to apply them to the practical and clinical aspects of vision. Optics by Freeman and Hull fulfils this requirement admirably.

  • Biochemistry of the Eye

    • 2nd Edition
    • David R. Whikehart
    • English
    A readable introduction to this difficult topic, this textbook provides information on the molecular structures and biochemical events that occur in the eye. With specific clinical examples, basic science is linked to clinical practice and helps students understand this challenging topic.General biochemistry is discussed in each chapter. Many examples of biochemical pathology and disease processes, such as age-related cataract formation and ocular diabetes, are described.

  • Essentials of Ophthalmic Lens Finishing

    • 2nd Edition
    • Clifford W. Brooks
    • English
    Highly readable and packed with instructional photos and drawings, this book also features a separate kit for practicing lens edging layout at home. Proficiency tests for self-assessment are included for each chapter and are an excellent review for examinations.

  • Optical Training

    Skills and Procedures
    • 1st Edition
    • Davey M. Wooton
    • English
    Opticianry is a large and growing ophthalmic specialty. This practical resource provides readers with a basic working knowledge of optics and office procedures. Offering a solid foundation of "need to know" information within about 4 weeks, this handbook is an ideal, basic reference for the non-optician receiving on-the-job training.

  • The Anterior Eye and Therapeutics

    Diagnosis and Management
    • 1st Edition
    • Fiona Stapleton
    • English
    This balanced, critical and contemporary text appraises the very latest research information on the treatment of common anterior segment conditions with ocular therapeutics. With a range of international contributors, the book adopts a practice-based approach by reviewing the diagnosis and management of common anterior segment complications whether due to infection or allergy. It covers the pathogenesis of disease processes and includes basic pharmacology giving the practitioner valuable background information.Sitting somewhere between a reference work and a practical manual, this is an invaluable text for all optometrists, particularly those involved in contact lens practice.