The description of physical signs of illness in photographs by physicians with abnormal colour vision

Background: Physicians with congenital colour vision deficiency (0have)reporte dificultiesculties recognising certain physical signs of illness, for example, jaundice, red rashes and pallor, and interpreting coloured charts, diagrams and slide projections. However, there has been little study of the effects of CCVD on the performance of medical practitioners.

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