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Epilepsy and Driving
- Source :
- BMJ. 3:12-15
- Publication Year :
- 1971
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 1971.
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Abstract
- The status of the epileptic applicant for a licence to drive a private motor vehicle has changed from total prohibition through a stage of partial approval subject to medical assessment to the present conditional right to a driving licence. We report a study of a series of patients which shows that many and probably most epileptics have obtained driving licences by concealment of their condition, yet the new regulations continue to expect true declarations. It is suggested that, in common with applicants for a public service vehicle or a heavy goods vehicle driving licence, the applicant for a licence to drive a private motor vehicle should provide a medical report of fitness. The epileptic should be included in a general category of medically restricted drivers subject to individual medical assessment.
- Subjects :
- Male
Automobile Driving
Epilepsy and driving
Heavy goods vehicle
Poison control
Computer security
computer.software_genre
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Humans
General Environmental Science
Jurisprudence
Epilepsy
Actuarial science
General Engineering
Human factors and ergonomics
Electroencephalography
Papers and Originals
General Medicine
United Kingdom
Automobile Driver Examination
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Female
Public service
Business
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14685833 and 09598138
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....03713b848da2c8032bf37035a4eb34c6