Overview
Professor Oakland's book aims to show managers how to implement a Total Quality Management strategy throughout all their activities and thereby achieve top quality performance overall, not just in product or service quality. The book will also meet the requirements of students following courses in management, science and engineering, as well as those working towards professional qualifications in management of quality assurance (such as membership of the Institute of Quality Assurance).Synopsis
Ophthalmology has long been considered a surgical area because so many disorders/diseases are treated surgically rather than medically. In the past ten years, however, there have been considerable therapeutic breakthroughs in non-surgical treatments. For instance, anti-glaucoma agents have becoming increasingly effective. This edition will include a new chapter for retinal disease. There are now several pharmaceutical agents being used to treat these diseases. Specifically, age-related macular degeneration has many new products – macugen, lucentis, etc. – and intraocular infections are primarily treated with intravitreal medications. Additionally, the anti-allergy and dry eye markets have grown tremendously in the last 2-3 years (endura, restasis, xibrom, etc).