Eye donation awareness among medical and paramedical staff in a medical institute
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Eye donation awareness among medical and paramedical staff in a medical institute.
INTRODUCTION Corneal diseases constitute a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in the developing world. The number of corneal transplants done is far less than required due to the lack of donor cornea. A well informed and motivated medical and paramedical staff can increase the rate of eye donation by counseling grief-stricken relatives of the deceased for eye donation. OBJEC...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2091-0320,2072-6805
DOI: 10.3126/nepjoph.v6i2.11700