I n their artide" Determining medical fitness to drive: physicians' responsibilities in
Canada"(Can Med AssocJ 1989; 140: 375-378) Coopersmith and associates indicatethat …

Physicians are advised to be fa-miliar with current" fitness-to-drive" legislation in the
province or territory where they practise. Each jurisdiction except New Brunswick places a …

The physician who examines a patient for impairment to driving must consider the welfare of
the community which will be exposed to the patient's driving in addition to the welfare of the …

An important At a Glmce booklet has been recently issued by the Drivers' Medical Group, a
section of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and circulated to all medical …

Traffic accidents killed about 40,000 individuals last year and injured about 1,500,000. This
constitutes one of the nation's largest unsolved health hazards. Physicians have not realized …

The Road Traffic Act of 1974 placed a licence holder under a statutory obligation to notify the
authorities of any disability likely to be a source of dangers to others. This booklet is a …

Written by a physician and professor of medicine, this article calls attention to the fact that
impairment to driving is a more complex phenomenon than is commonly thought, involving …

S ince publication of a recent Case File column on the potential liability of physicians re-
garding their statutory duty to report unfit drivers (Can Med Assoc J 1994; 150: 988-990), two …

A warm welcome was extended to the new Panel member, Dr R Gregory, for whom this was
the first Panel meeting, and all attendees gave a brief introduction of themselves. Professor …

Fitness to drive. -letter- Page 1 Editorial: Letters to the editor Dear Editor Fitness to drive 5.Organisational
andlegal dimensions 1. Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship 2,Applied …