This excellent, concise text covering the field of glaucoma is the latest in the Fundamentals of Clinical Ophthalmology series of monographs written for ophthalmologists in training and comprehensive practitioners. The stated goal of this collection is to provide updated, practical clinical information on each subject. Dr Hitchings has successfully fulfilled this aim by drawing upon the clinical expertise of notable glaucomatologists in the UK and around the world.

A majority of the text has been dedicated to the diagnosis and management of primary open angle glaucomas. In the first chapter, “What is primary open angle glaucoma?,” …