Rural optometry in Australia
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Optometry in Australia has been a success story since its inception into Medicare in the 1970’s. Australians have benefited from the easy access to university-trained optometry graduates. Optometry is defined as the practice of examining eyes in order to determine levels of vision, the screening for eye disease and then prescribing and supplying any necessary corrective lenses and aids, often all at a “onestop shop”, convenient location.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009