Mandatory reporting by physicians of patients potentially unfit to drive

Open Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b   Venkatesh, Vikram ^c   Stanbrook, Matthew B ^d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

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EID: 45449092407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
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