title: The psychological, social and economic consequences of blinding soldiers.
abstract: Blindness producing multiple disabilities in a cognitively intact patient is qualitatively different from other war injuries. It merits individual consideration in international humanitarian law.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gillow
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D001766:Blindness / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008889:Military Personnel; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology