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Citation

Marottoli RA. Conn. Med. 1993; 57(5): 277-280.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Connecticut State Medical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8319442

Abstract

Driving safety in elderly individuals is becoming an increasingly important issue in geriatrics and in medical practice. The number of elderly drivers is increasing as the population ages, and especially as current generations of female drivers age. Concern is raised about their safe operation of motor vehicles because of the increasing likelihood with advancing age of developing conditions that may adversely affect the visual, cognitive, and motor abilities integral to driving. But this issue is not only a medical one, since there are social and political components as well. This discussion will describe the background of this issue, focus on the changes that may occur with aging and their potential relationship to driving ability, and, finally, will outline an approach that physicians may employ in their practice.


Language: en

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