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| Driving and dementia | | Author(s) | David A Breen, David P Breen, John W Moore |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 334 no 7608, 30 June 2007 |
| Pages | pp 1365-1369 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Dementia ; Screening ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Patients continue to drive after dementia has been diagnosed. However, as the disease progresses the ability to drive safely is eventually lost. The authors carried out a literature search from 1966 to April 2007 of electronic databases including Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, Embase and the Cochrane Library. The references generated were checked for relevance on the basis of their title and abstract; other references from the papers identified were also followed up. Other avenues for obtaining information included a Google search of the internet, and contacting major stakeholder agencies. The resulting article discusses decisions on medical fitness to drive, including the role of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) which should be informed of all new diagnoses of dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070712202 A |
| Classmark | OPF: EA: 3V: 64A * |
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