Driving to distraction - Certification of fitness to drive with epilepsy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 342-344

  Somerville, Ernest R ^a,b   Black, Andrew B ^b,c   Dunne, John W ^b,d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Epilepsy Society of Australia and Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77952397469     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03535.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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