No one should drive if their performance is compromised by drugs.Everyone has a duty to drive reasonably, and all drivers arelegally responsible for accidents they cause by driving in anunreasonable manner, including driving under the influence ofdrugs or alcohol. But do physicians have any duty to patientswho are taking drugs the physician has prescribed when thosedrugs are likely to have an adverse effect on the patient'sability to drive safely? If so, does that duty extend to otherpeople injured in an automobile accident if the accident iscaused by a patient experiencing the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
The Facts of the Case
The Opinion of Justice Ireland
The Opinion of Justice Greaney
The Dissenters
The Bottom Line in Massachusetts
Public Policy, Driving Accidents, and the Practice of Medicine
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From the Department of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston.
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