title: Counseling and rehabilitation.
abstract: Counseling is an art learned over a lifetime, from other physicians during formal training and from one's personal counseling experiences. The effort to develop this art will be greatly appreciated and richly awarded with personal satisfaction. The importance of counseling and rehabilitation for the ocular trauma victim is in treating the whole patient, not only the injured eye. Every effort should be made to help a patient achieve a positive attitude about his or her capabilities to successfully use residual vision and live a full and enjoyable life as a visually impaired person.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, International Society of Ocular Trauma, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. bobmorris@helenkellerfoundation.com
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans