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‘Doctor - when can I drive?’ – Advice obstetricians and gynaecologists give on driving after obstetric or gynaecological surgery
- Source :
- The Ulster Medical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- The Ulster Medical Society, 2007.
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Abstract
- Advising patients when to drive after surgery is a common practice which gynaecologists need to do on a regular basis as a part of their duty to patients. We carried out a literature search regarding advice given on driving after gynaecological surgical procedures, and found no study or research on this area. We then carried out a questionnaire survey of 99 gynaecologists in Northern Ireland. We have identified wide variation in clinical practice, and advocate a United Kingdom wide survey and further studies to find out optimum time to drive after different gynaecological surgeries. There is a need for national guidelines on driving after surgery, which would be of great benefit to gynaecologists, patients, motor insurers, police and all other interested parties.
- Subjects :
- Paper
Adult
Postoperative Care
Automobile Driving
Adolescent
Obstetric Surgical Procedures
Directive Counseling
Northern Ireland
Obstetrics
Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
Gynecology
Pregnancy
Health Care Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Gynaecological Surgery
Humans
Female
Advice
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Driving
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00416193
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Ulster Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........e8936d007ffe09984549b274ae4ab75f