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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Lessons Learned from the Creation of a Center of Excellence in Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation in Wenzhou, China
Marinoff, Rebecca; Heilberger, Michael H.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v111 n5 p453-464 Sep-Oct 2017
A model Center of Excellence in Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation was created in a health care setting in China utilizing an inter-institutional relationship with a United States optometric institution. Accomplishments of, limitations to, and stimuli to the provision of low vision and vision rehabilitation services are shared.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Partial Vision, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Centers, Program Development, Models, Health Services, Optometry, International Cooperation, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Program Design, Equipment, Personnel Selection, Marketing, Staff Development, Patients, Assistive Technology, Cultural Differences, Financial Support, Sustainability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; New York
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