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- Title
Reporting by physicians of impaired drivers and potentially impaired drivers. The Committee on Bioethical Issues of the Medical Society of the State of New York.
- Authors
Berger, Jeffrey T.; Rosner, Fred; Kark, Pieter; Bennett, Allen J.; Berger, J T; Rosner, F; Kark, P; Bennett, A J
- Abstract
Physicians routinely care for patients whose ability to operate a motor vehicle is compromised by a physical or cognitive condition. Physician management of this health information has ethical and legal implications. These concerns have been insufficiently addressed by professional organizations and public agencies. The legal status in the United States and Canada of reporting of impaired drivers is reviewed. The American Medical Association's position is detailed. Finally, the Bioethics Committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York proposes elements for an ethically defensible public response to this problem.
- Subjects
NORTH America; NEW York (State); UNITED States; AUTOMOBILE drivers; PHYSICIAN-patient privilege; ETHICS; DISEASES; AUTOMOBILE driving laws; AGE distribution; AMERICAN Medical Association; DECISION making; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ethics; MEDICAL societies; PHYSICIANS; PRIVACY; PSYCHOMOTOR disorders; OCCUPATIONAL roles
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2000, Vol 15, Issue 9, p667
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article