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hindsight-22834	Bailey, R. Norman	The History of Ethics and Professionalism within Optometry in the United States of America 1898-2015, Part 4	2016	22	.pdf	application/pdf	10092	340	32	PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM OPTOMETRIC PROFESSIONALISM WHEREAS, the American Academy of Ophthalmology has adopted a policy excluding optometrists from all educational courses offered at American Academy of Ophthalmology meetings; and WHEREAS, the new exclusionary policy of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is offensive to the principles of scientific professionalism, the free exchange of medical knowledge for the benefit of the public, and the ethics of collegiality among all health care professionals that helps to ensure the best care for patients; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the American Optometric Association shall continue unchanged its long-standing policy of opening all educational courses offered at American Optometric Association meetings to ophthalmologists to attend; and be it further RESOLVED, that, in all educational relationships with ophthalmologists, the American Optometric Association shall, for the benefit of patients, adhere to the principles of scientific professionalism, the free exchange of medical knowledge, and the ethics of collegiality among health care professionals. St. Louis: American Optometric Association, 2000.	cache/hindsight-22834.pdf	txt/hindsight-22834.txt