title: A new lens. Through a colleague's eye.
abstract: Just like other members of the wider community, medical practitioners experience disorders that require corrective surgery. Michael Matthews has been retired for more than 18 years. At one time he was in charge of a coronary care unit. Recently, the tables were turned on him, when he had to go back into hospital, this time as a patient for day surgery to remove a cataract and receive a replacement lens. Dr Matthews describes his experience of eye problems and of receiving his new lens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh University.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians