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| A survey of general practitioners' attitudes to older drivers on the New South Wales central coast | | Author(s) | Peter S Lipski |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 21.2, June 2002 |
| Pages | pp 98-100 |
| Keywords | General practitioners ; Attitude ; Screening ; Driving capability ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | 275 Australian general practitioners (GPs) were surveyed regarding their attitudes to older drivers, of whom 173 (63%) responded. 61% of GPs allowed an older driver with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) to still drive a motor vehicle. 21% of GPs would allow the frail, medically unfit driver to still drive with a restricted licence locally if there was no public transport nearby. Only 41% of GPs thought they had enough training to make an appropriate medical assessment on fitness to drive. Only 29% of GPs routinely asked their older patients about driving habits and medical fitness to drive. 55% of GPs felt that there should be another medical body to oversee all medical driver assessments rather than the GP. These survey results suggest that not all GPs are aware of the regulations for medical driver assessments: they are not routinely screening older drivers, are allowing medically unfit drivers to continue to drive, are concerned about the consequences of cancelling an older driver's licence, and are unhappy in dealing with these issues. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020925210 A |
| Classmark | QT6: DP: 3V: OPF: 3F: 7YA |
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