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No one should drive if their performance is compromised by drugs. Everyone has a duty to drive reasonably, and all drivers are legally responsible for accidents they cause by driving in an unreasonable manner, including driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. But do physicians have any duty to patients who are taking drugs the physician has prescribed when those drugs are likely to have an adverse effect on the patient's ability to drive safely? If so, does that duty extend to other people injured in an automobile accident if the accident is caused 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

Source Information

From the Department of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston.

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