Legal Aspects of Optometry
 Catalogue Number: 4112 Legal Aspects of Optometry Category: Book Author: Classe, John G. Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1989 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Stoneham, Mass. , USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Butterworths Description Of Item: Brown imitation leather boards, 260 x 185 mm, title, Author's name and publisher on front board in gold lettering, 764 pages, black and white figures and photographs in text, selected references list over 6 pages, index. Sentences in some sections are marked with a yellow highlighter pen.There is another copy of this book. See cat. # 3645 Historical Significance: This book was donated by Peter Dwyer who was chairman of the Gptometrists' Registration Board, Victoria, c.1984-1994.The book is a comprehensive and definitive text on legal and ethical issues in optometry. It includes sections on the history of legal matters in optometry, ethics in health care generally and optometry, optometrists' duties to patients with specific conditions, liability under a range of different circumstances and for different optometric treatments. There are also chapters in court processes, insurance and contracts. An optometrist (OD) and legally qualified (JD) the author was an academic in the school of optometry, University of Alabama, Birmingham. He was also a member of the bar in the State of Alabama. How Acquired: Donated by Peter Dwyer Date Acquired: 20/10/2021 Location: Nathan Library. Hewett collection |