Citation

von Gunten A, Pera R, Mouron L, Duc R, Kung A. Rev. Med. Suisse Romande 2003; 123(11): 691-695.

Vernacular Title

La personne agee et la conduite de voiture dans le canton de Vaud.

Affiliation

Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Age Avancé (SUPAA), rte du Mont, 1008 Prilly.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Societe Medicale de la Suisse Romande)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15095635

Abstract

Which elderly person may drive and who should decide? These questions translate a frequent doctor's dilemma. Driving is a tremendously complex perceptive, motor, cognitive, and emotional activity. Assessing someone's ability to drive requires investigating these various components. However, a driving test is often needed. Driving limitations and a psychotherapeutic approach may help a patient give up driving, but occasionally forcing them to quit driving may prove unavoidable. Ideally, a preventive approach initiated long before old age might help decrease the frequency of the old driver's dilemma.