Visual impairment : a global view /

Visual impairment : a global view / edited by Heather McLannahan. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xi, 108 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. - Introducing health sciences : a case study approach .

DVD in back pocket. Published in association with the Open University.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102) and index.

This volume shows how, through an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the eye, sight can be saved. After exploring the physical basis of light, and the structure of the eye and how it interacts with light, it examines the various causes of visual impairment.

9780199237319 (pbk.) : £18.99 019923731X (pbk.) : £18.99


Vision disorders.

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