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Should primary care doctors assess safety of older drivers?

In an editorial published in the April issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Malaz Boustani, M.D., M.P.H., of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., writes that assessing the safety of older drivers is not a responsibility that should reside with the primary care physician.

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