Should alzheimers disease patients be allowed to drive? A medical, legal, and ethical dilemna

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 876-877

  Freedman, Michael L ^a   Freedman, Deborah L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Schulte Roth and Zabel ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; NOTE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030187291     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb03752.x     Document Type: Editorial

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