Older people's experience of driver licence cancellation: A phenomenological study

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-180

  Whitehead, Bianca J ^a   Howie, Linsey ^a   Lovell, Robin K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Licence cancellation; Loss; Occupational therapy driver assessment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSESSMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747145860     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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