TY - JOUR T1 - Frequent attenders to ophthalmic accident and emergency departments JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 496 LP - 496 DO - 10.1136/jme.2006.019026 VL - 33 IS - 8 AU - H G Sheth AU - A G Sheth Y1 - 2007/08/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/33/8/496.1.abstract N2 - The issue of recurrent attenders to eye casualties has received little discussion in the ethics and health policy literature. As many ophthalmology departments offer a walk-in emergency service, protocols need to be in place to ensure appropriate use of this resource and also to identify potential psychiatric comorbidity in such attenders. We illustrate the problem with a recent case. A 42-year-old woman self-presented 14 times over a 4-month period to the same ophthalmic accident and emergency (A&E) unit. … ER -