title: Optometry and the underprivileged--an investigative report.
abstract: In this essay I have taken the topic, "Optometry and the Underprivileged," and approached it as an investigative report. This investigation found me talking with people in all walks of life and visiting many institutions and health care facilities. Some of the people discussed in the report and their conditions represent composites of the real situations I encountered. Their names are fictitious and to the best of my knowledge these people do not exist. The report is intended to be informative, constructively critical, unboring, and positive. If I have accomplished this, then my purpose has been fulfilled.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000628:therapy; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009907:Optometry; D011057:Politics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy