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Practising medicine when you have colour blindness
BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7468.s126 (Published 25 September 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:s126Abstract
Tony Spalding explains the different types of colour blindness (or to use the correct term, congenital colour vision deficiency) and outlines how doctors and medical students with these deficiencies can overcome or avoid any difficulties