title: [The terminology of blindness: remarks on the behavior of the ophthalmologist in cases of tapetoretinal degeneration (author's transl)].
abstract: The word "blind" should never be applied to nonamaurotic patients. The additional linguistic effort involved in accurately defining the various forms of visual impairment is a psychological service to which patients are entitled. The author outlines the immense task of coping with hereditary tapetoretinal degenerations which it was hitherto impossible to treat. Even today we are all still clearly - and unformtunately - far from being able to raise our patients' hope with the prospect of cure or definitive stabilization of their conditions.
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness; D006801:Humans; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Zur Terminologie der "Blindheit", mit Bemerkungen zur Verhaltensweise des Praktikers bei tapetoretinalen Degenerationen.