Editing Optometry (section)

==Definition of optometry and optometrist==
[[File: Optometrista.jpeg|thumb|upright|An optometrist examining the eyes of a patient with a [[slit lamp]] biomicroscope]]
The [[World Council of Optometry]],  [[World Health Organization]] and about 75 optometry organizations from over 40 countries have adopted the following definition, to be used to describe optometry and optometrist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldoptometry.org/en/our_members/index.cfm/page/1/|title=Case study|website=World Council of Optometry|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015502/http://www.worldoptometry.org/en/our_members/index.cfm/page/1/|archive-date=2 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|Optometry is a healthcare profession that is autonomous, educated, and regulated (licensed/registered), and optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system who provide comprehensive eye and vision care, which includes refraction and dispensing, detection/diagnosis and management of disease in the eye, and the rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcouncilofoptometry.info/concept-of-optometry|title=WCO's Concept of Optometry - World Council of Optometry|date=7 August 2020}}</ref>}}