title: Reflections on the ups and downs of optometry's relationship with organized medicine and organized ophthalmology.
authors: State University of New York, State College of Optometry, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, USA. anhaffner@msn.com
authors: Alden N
authors: AN
authors: Haffner
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009907:Optometry / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States