Recommended Books and Journals
 Atlas
of Primary Eyecare Procedures Atlas of Primary Eye care
Procedures (second edition, 1997, Appleton & Lange)
by Linda Casser, O.D.; Murray Fingeret, O.D.; H. Ted Woodcome,
O.D.
This 480-page hardcover is nicely illustrated and establishes
a new gold standard in the area of clinical eye procedures.
This collaborative text is comprehensive in scope. Examples
of topics range from advanced biomicroscopic techniques,
to corneal procedures, to retinal and optic nerve evaluation
pearls, to laser procedures-and everything in between. Every
practicing optometrist would be able to provide enhanced
patient care with knowledge gleaned from this awesome work.
 Clinical
Ocular Pharmacology (fifth edition, 2008, Butterworth-Heinemann)
by Jimmy D. Bartlett, O.D., and Siret D. Jannus Ph.D.
We continue to be amazed at the energy and commitment Drs.
Bartlett and Jaanus expend on behalf of optometric education.
This wonderful fifth edition of Clinical ocular Pharmacology
is a world-class masterpiece. Any physician having an interest
in staying current in ocular pharmacology would find this
text a necessity. We are proud to have this state-of-the-art
text in our personal libraries and we hope you would feel
the same. Thank you, Jimmy and Siret, for all you do to enhance
our knowledge in clinical ocular pharmacology.
 High
Performance Optomertry
High Performance Optometry is an excellent review of current
ophthalmic literature. This 10-15 page monthly "Cliff's
Notes" like publication of article summaries is a very
useful way to stay current in many areas. If you have never
subscribed to High Performance Optometry, you should try it
for a year. 1.800.633.0055
 The
Eye in Systemic Disease
One of our most highly used reference texts is The Eye in
Systemic Disease, by Gold and Weingeist. This 700-plus page
book is published by Lippincott. It can be immensely helpful
when you encounter patients with Wilson’s disease, sarcoidosis,
shingles, chlamydial infection, inflammatory bowel disease,
giant cell arteritis, acne rosacea, neurofibromatosis, and
a host of other systemically-associated disease processes.
 Primary
Care of the Posterior Segment
Dr. Larry Alexander’s latest (third) edition of his textbook,
Primary Care of the Posterior Segment, is a masterpiece, written
by and for the primary care optometrist. It can be ordered
at any school or college of optometry bookstore or purchased
online at Amazon or Barnes and Noble. If you want to have a
comprehensive, contemporary reference text for posterior segment
disorders, you will treasure this text.
|
