title: A defense against professional liability? Precision measurement of the corneal topography.
abstract: New techniques must be developed if optometry is to be adequately armed against malpractice liability--especially in terms of contact lenses. An instrument capable of both measuring and recording corneal topography is essential to development of the optometrist's first line of defense: Proper instrumentational record-keeping.
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D009907:Optometry / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States