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Diabetes and driving: towards equitable, evidence‐based decision‐making
Author(s) -
MacLeod K. M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00069.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , entitlement (fair division) , directive , government (linguistics) , activity based costing , insulin , environmental health , endocrinology , marketing , business , philosophy , mathematical economics , linguistics , computer science , programming language , mathematics
Summary In January 1998, the British government introduced new restrictions on licensing of people with insulin‐treated diabetes mellitus to drive. These restrictions were based on the second EU driver licensing directive (91/4389) and looked to be costing insulin‐treated diabetic individuals their entitlement to drive light goods and small passenger‐carrying vehicles. In response to concerns expressed by the diabetes community in Britain, the British Diabetic Association commissioned a report examining and interpreting the available evidence of accident risk in insulin‐treated diabetic patients, particularly that related to unexpected hypoglycaemia. The following article is drawn from that report.