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Revista Cubana de Oftalmología
Print version ISSN 0864-2176
Abstract
RAMOS GOMEZ, Eduardo Ariel et al. Technical and legal aspects of the ocular trauma patients. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2012, vol.25, suppl.2, pp. 611-619. ISSN 0864-2176.
Ocular trauma, regardless of laterality, is considered one of the common diseases entities that implies visual rehabilitation. The causes of eye injuries are varied. Assaults with intent to cause damage are the most common. This issue involves a medical-legal process where the ethical principles of the physicians must be well established. The objective of our article was to encourage good ethical actions of all ophthalmologists and to emphasize the proper medical-legal management involved in this type of diseases.
Keywords : ocular trauma; ethics; medical-legal process.