In the 10 years since Fred Hollows died, the Fred Hollows Foundation has continued his pioneering work to help bring…
sight and better health to the disadvantaged. To mark the decade anniversary, various journalists and photographers visited the Foundation's health and eye-care programs in Australia and overseas - to meet those who run them and the people they seek to help. Through Other Eyes is the result - a collection of inspiring accounts of the blind seeing again, and the committed individuals working ceaselessly to achieve first-class eye-care in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable. Contains an introduction by Thomas Keneally.
The author, a doctor and loving daughter of a parent with this frightening though manageable condition, explains the ailment and…
how to take steps to limit its effect on one's life. Includes information on reducing risk factors, experimental treatments and research, coping with depression and frustration, what families and friends can do to help and healthy recipes.