title: Optometry on the march: why should the house of medicine care?
authors.affiliation: Missouri Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, USA.
authors.forename: Joan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pernoud
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008119:Lobbying; D008923:Missouri; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013044:Specialty Boards; D013219:State Government