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Delivering optometric care in the UK

Smith, 2012

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Smith S
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Optometrists play an important part in delivering eye care in the United Kingdom; however opportunities for practitioners to extend their role through co-management of patients with ophthalmologists vary across the country. Devolution in Scotland and Wales has led to …
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