Driving after musculoskeletal injury: Addressing patient and surgeon concerns in an urban orthopaedic practice

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2791-2797

  Chen, Vincent ^a   Chacko, Aron T ^a   Costello, Frank V ^b   Desrosiers, Nicole ^a   Appleton, Paul ^a   Rodriguez, Edward K ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b and Coombes Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARM FRACTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVING ABILITY; ELBOW FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 57349182342     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00431     Document Type: Review

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