EPILEPSY AFTER HEAD TRAUMA AND FITNESS TO DRIVE

Although a driving licence can be held in the UK by epileptic drivers after three years without an epileptic fit, with or without medication, the article considers who should be responsible for informing authorities of a tendency to epilepsy. While in several American states a doctor is held responsible, in the UK it is suggested that this responsibility should lie with the driver. Here, the doctors' duty is limited to ensuring that the patient is aware of his own responsibility to report the risk of epilepsy. The risks of epilepsy after head injury or when associated with various intracranial surgical procedures are discussed. (TRRL)

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  Little Brown

  34 Beacon Street
  Boston, MA  United States  02106
• Publication Date: 1980-2-23

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 401-402
• Serial:
  • The Lancet
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 8165
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0140-6736
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01406736

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Driver licenses; Drivers; Epilepsy; Hazards; Head; Injuries; Personality; Risk assessment; Risk taking; Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Responsibilities; Responsibility
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1772: Driver; 1550: Driving licence; 2113: Epilepsy; 2163: Injury; 2264: Responsibility; 2259: Risk taking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312278
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1980 12:00AM