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In the preceding chapter, Dr. Wahl and colleagues have provided an overview of a multifaceted research programme on age-related vision loss conducted at the German Centre for Research on Ageing at the University of Heidelberg. The scope of this research programme is extremely impressive, not only for its specific contributions to the study of vision loss in later life, but also for informing the more general phenomenon of ageing in context. As such, this commentary begins with a brief discussion of the major contributions of this research programme to understanding psychosocial adaptation to age-related vision loss, and then addresses some specific issues raised in the chapter.
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HOROWITZ, A. (2006). COMMENTARY: AGE-RELATED LOSS IN VISION: A CASE TO LEARN ABOUT AGING IN CONTEXT. In: Wahl, HW., Brenner, H., Mollenkopf, H., Rothenbacher, D., Rott, C. (eds) The Many Faces of Health, Competence and Well-Being in Old Age. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4138-1_7
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