Visual Impairment and Diabetes: A Personal and Professional Perspective.

Reardon, A. W.

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ERIC Number: EJ474447

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X

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Visual Impairment and Diabetes: A Personal and Professional Perspective.

Reardon, A. W.

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v87 n9 p329 Nov 1993

A nurse educator specializing in diabetes recounts her own experience with vision loss resulting from diabetic retinopathy, considers the roles of rehabilitation specialists and diabetes educators, and urges the two professional groups to work together more closely. (DB)

Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Chronic Illness, Diabetes, Nurses, Patient Education, Personal Narratives, Rehabilitation Counseling, Staff Role, Teamwork, Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Support Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Diabetes.