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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791130403321

Titolo

The American Glaucoma Society : its founding and first 25 years / / editors, M. Bruce Shields, George L. Spaeth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Kugler Publications, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

90-6299-852-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Altri autori (Persone)

ShieldsM. Bruce

SpaethGeorge L. <1932->

Disciplina

615.7827

Soggetti

Glaucoma - Societies, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PROLOGUE; 1 BEFORE THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY; 2 THE GLAUCOMA LANDSCAPE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY; 3 THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING(1985-1987); 4 GROWTH WITH A FIRM ETHICAL FOUNDATION (1988-1990); 5 AN EMPHASIS ON SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE (1991-1992); 6 SUPPORTING YOUNG SCIENTISTS(1993-1994); 7 EXPANDING OUR SCOPE AND SUPPORT (1995-1996); 8 A NEW ERA IN A TIME OF TURMOIL(1997-1998); 9 STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM (1999-2000); 10 STRENGTHENING OUR ETHICAL RELATIONS WITH INDUSTRY AND ADVANCING RESEARCH (2001-2002)

11 A CONGENIAL AND INCLUSIVE AGS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE (2003-2004); 12 HONORING A RICH HERITAGE AND ADVANCING AN AGENDA OF PROMISE (2005-2006); 13 A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE(2007-2008); 14 A CHRONICLE OF THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY'S SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1987-2010); 15 RESEARCH AND FELLOWSHIPS; 16 HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ADVOCACY: EDUCATE, LEGISLATE AND COMMUNICATE; 17 The American Glaucoma Society andIts Relationship with the American Academy of Ophthalmology

18 DIVERSITY IN THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY: HOW WELL HAS THE SOCIETY EMBRACED ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MIRRORED THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY?; 19 A Canadian Presence in the American Glaucoma Society; 20 The American



Glaucoma Society and International Glaucoma; ; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; APPENDIX III; APPENDIX IV; APPENDIX V; APPENDIX VI; INDEX OF AUTHORS

Sommario/riassunto

Nothing begins from nothing. For everything new under the sun, there is a history (or at least a theory) of what preceded it and made it possible. With regard to each human accomplishment, it is nearly always possible to trace it back to earlier accomplishments that provided the foundation on which the subsequent advance was achieved. This thought is often expressed in the old quotation, "If I seem to see farther than those who came before me, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants." And so it was with the founding of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS).