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Clinical Optics and Refraction, 1st Edition

A Guide for Optometrists, Contact Lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians
Authors :
Andrew Keirl & Caroline Christie
Date of Publication: 09/2007
It provides a comprehensive and clinically based guide to visual optics. With its suggested routines and numerous examples, this new book offers a straightforward "how to approach" to the understanding of clinical optics, refraction and contact lens ...view more
It provides a comprehensive and clinically based guide to visual optics. With its suggested routines and numerous examples, this new book offers a straightforward "how to approach" to the understanding of clinical optics, refraction and contact lens optics. Designed for easy access, it presents information in a concise format that highlights key, need-to-know points. Part 1 addresses the basic visual optics of the eye along with emmetropia, ametropia and the correction of ametropia with spectacle lenses. Part 2 turns to the optics of contact lenses and the use of contact lenses in vision correction.
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It provides a comprehensive and clinically based guide to visual optics. With its suggested routines and numerous examples, this new book offers a straightforward "how to approach" to the understanding of clinical optics, refraction and contact lens optics. Designed for easy access, it presents information in a concise format that highlights key, need-to-know points. Part 1 addresses the basic visual optics of the eye along with emmetropia, ametropia and the correction of ametropia with spectacle lenses. Part 2 turns to the optics of contact lenses and the use of contact lenses in vision correction.

Key Features
  • Numerous worked examples based on real examination questions
  • Practical and user friendly text
  • Over 190 clear line diagrams
  • An essential passport to examination success and a valuable quick reference for practitioners

Author Information
Edited by Andrew Keirl, BOptom(Hons), MCOptom, FBDO, In private practice, Noakes and Habermahl, Cornwall, UK; Caroline Christie, BSc(Hons), FCOptom, DCLP, Optometrist and Contact Lens Practitioner, NF Burnett Hodd, London, UK; Director, Optometric Educators Ltd and Visiting lecturer, City University, London UK