Reaching into the district: strengthening the eye care team

From individual patient care to population care VISION 2020: The Right to Sight has provided a vision and a common goal for eye care programmes. It has provided the paradigm shift, or change in the way of thinking, from individual patient care to population care, a shift from each person doing a jo...

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Main Author: Hannah Faal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2004-10-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/17/jceh_17_51_036.html
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Summary:From individual patient care to population care VISION 2020: The Right to Sight has provided a vision and a common goal for eye care programmes. It has provided the paradigm shift, or change in the way of thinking, from individual patient care to population care, a shift from each person doing a job or task, to a group working to eliminate avoidable blindness. Such a common goal needs a team approach.
ISSN:0953-6833