Open AccessPitfalls of tightening driving regulations for diabetic patients
Author(s) -
Nakashima Eitaro
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.12512
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglycemia , license , diabetes mellitus , insulin , asymptomatic , intensive care medicine , type 2 diabetes , medical emergency , surgery , endocrinology , political science , law
The regulations of driver's license for diabetic patients have been tightened in Japan and EU countries recently for public safety. However, recent literatures showed this tightened regulation may fail to achieve its purpose. So I would like to make some raise a alarm against this trend in this article.