"Driving Miss Daisy: Should Our Hospice Patients Be Driving?"

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 8:30am

Objectives:

  • Learn how to screen patients for impaired driving abilities and what resources are available for both healthcare providers and their patients who are not able to drive.
  • Be more knowledgeable about curent literature regarding the effect of
    medications and diseases on patients' driing ability.
  • Know what a healthcare professional's legal and ethical responsibilities to assess their patients for physical or mental impairments that might adversely affect driving abilities.