Return to driving after traumatic brain injury: A British perspective

Brain Injury

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-175

  Brooks, Neil ^a   Hawley, Carol A ^b  

^a Rehab Without Walls   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Brain injury; Community; Driving; Mobility; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 13844272077     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050410001720004     Document Type: Review

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