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EDITORIAL Talking to Patients About Vision Loss and Rehabilitation 1(p862) The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient. and supports so that appropriate referrals can be made. The importance of this has long been known. For ex- OW PATIENTS ARE TOLD ABOUT THEIR VI- ample, Hippocrates understood the potential for bad news sion loss has profound implications for to be deleterious and cautioned physicians to conceal most their adjustment and successful reha- things from patients because bilitation. Often there is no way to at- many patients have taken a turn for the worse...by forecast H tenuate bad news; although their con- of what is to come. dition may be irreversible and untreatable, most often there is much help and hope that can be offered to pa- Probably the most important message to deliver is tients. Parrish astutely and accurately observed that that vision loss or blindness does not necessarily result in significant loss of functional independence; the de- [h]ow we deal with our own feelings about blindness is closely gree to which tasks rely on vision will determine the ex- related to how our patients cope with their own feelings... tent to which
JAMA Ophthalmology – American Medical Association
Published: Feb 1, 2012
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