"i wish we could normalize driving health:" A qualitative study of clinician discussions with older drivers

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1573-1580

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Jones, Jacqueline ^b   Petroff, Emma ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance Driving Directive; anticipatory guidance; older driver; physician; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84890437570     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2498-x     Document Type: Article

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