Methodologic and other issues concerning medical impairment to driving

Waller, Julian A.; Naughton, Jr, Thomas J.; Gibson, Thomas C.; Eberhard, John W.

Affiliations

¹Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

²Dunlap & Associates, One Parkland Drive, Darien, CT

³Office of Driver and Pedestrian Research, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Abstract

Important unanswered questions remain about the crash risk of drivers with medical conditions and how to develop terminology and patient/driver review procedures that will meet needs simultaneously of physicians and their patients and of Departments of Motor Vehicles and the driving public. This paper considers:

Appropriateness of different driving groups as comparison populations for drivers with medical conditions, and unstated assumptions and policies that guide current licensing procedures.
Issues relevant to defining severity among drivers with medical conditions, and
How do persons with heart disease actually deal with transportation during the first few months after being hospitalized.

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1983	Waller JA, Naughton TJ Jr. Driving and crash experience and ischemic heart disease implications for countermeasures. In: 27th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). October 3-6, 1983; San Antonio, TX.249-261.
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