Canadian Diabetes
Published quarterly, Canadian Diabetes provides practical, current information to family physicians on diagnosis and treatment issues associated with diabetes.
Diabetes and Driving: A Catch 22 for Physicians?
How can physicians act in their patients’ best interests, while still fulfilling their responsibility to society in assessing fitness to drive?
Danièle Pacaud MD FRCPC, Ellen Toth MD FRCPC
Le diabète et la conduite automobile : une impasse pour les médecins?
Comment les médecins peuvent-ils agir dans le meilleur intérêt de leurs patients tout en s’acquittant de leurs responsabilités envers la société lorsqu’ils évaluent la capacité de conduire d’un patient?
Danièle Pacaud MD FRCPC, Ellen Toth MD FRCPC
Canadian Diabetes Association’s Guidelines for Diabetes and Driving: Highlights
Diabetes may affect driving performance because of chronic complications, which impair sensory or motor function, and because of transient cognitive dysfunction or loss of consciousness from drug-induced hypoglycemia.
Iain S. Begg MB FRCSC
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