Cognition and driving in older persons
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Cognition and driving in older persons.
In Switzerland, approximately 350,000 people aged 70 years or older own a valid driving license. By law, these drivers are medically assessed every other year, most commonly by their general practitioner, to exclude that a medical condition is interfering with their driving skills. A prerequisite for driving is the integration of high-level cognitive functions with perception and motor function...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13136