 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1962
...that of a specialist. Even though the public is becoming more sophisticated in its self -diagnosis 2 and hence its choice of health specialists, the...actuated the referral. At the other end of the scale, the optometrist may decide that the patient need only be given the recommendation that he see his physician... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1966
...practitioner to insure correct referral. Conditions requiring medical or surgical treatment of the eves are generally referred directly to an ophthalmologist....the one hand it may be such an acute situation that ho actually accompanies the patient to the physician conferring with him on the signs and symptoms... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1964
...often partake of the nature of the general practitioner (1), rather than that of a specialist. Kven though the public is becoming more sophisticated in...actuated the referral. At the other end of the scale, the optometrist may decide that the patient need only be given the recommendation that he see his physician... | |
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Even though the public is becoming more sophisticated in its self-diagnosis (2) and hence its choice of health specialists, the fact is that a great number of people with vague symptoms come first to the optometrist. In serving these patients the optometrist... 