Detainee optometry at Camp Cropper, Iraq, 2009-2010

This article details the first in-depth analysis of an Optometry Service working with a large Middle Eastern detainee population composed entirely of Iraqi males. The mission of the Camp Cropper Optometry Service was to provide eye care services to the detainee population consistent with the standar...

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Published inMilitary medicine Vol. 177; no. 6; pp. 757 - 762
Main Authors White, Thomas M, Elledge, James B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.06.2012
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Armed forces
Bone surgery
Clinics
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
Eye Diseases - diagnosis
Hospitals
Hospitals, Military
Humans
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Male
Medical records
Medical referrals
Middle Aged
Ophthalmology
Optometry
Population
Vision Disorders - diagnosis
Young Adult
United States > US
Iraq
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Summary:This article details the first in-depth analysis of an Optometry Service working with a large Middle Eastern detainee population composed entirely of Iraqi males. The mission of the Camp Cropper Optometry Service was to provide eye care services to the detainee population consistent with the standards of optometric care that would be provided to any U.S. military member in the same geographic area. This included providing detainees with eyeglasses, therapeutic treatment of eye disease, and referral for treatment of medical conditions and surgical care, if it was needed and available at the U.S. military facilities in the Iraq Theater. Diagnoses, services provided, and medications given to the detainees are listed in detail and demonstrate the complexity of pathology encountered in this population.
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ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00423