Commentary: Driving and Psychiatric Illness

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-82

  Metzner, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 1842457599     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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