Medical aspects of fitness to drive. What do public hospital doctors know and think?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 372-376

  Shanahan, E M ^a   Sladek, R M ^a   Phillips, P ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitness to drive; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; THINKING;

EID: 34447109882     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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