Abstract
A general statement about the driving ability of HIV-positive as well as HIV-negative addicts undergoing methadone-substitution treatment cannot be made with certainty. Even isolated observations are not significant; only an individually performed assessment, free of prejudice and conscientiously done is decisive. The formal assertion that addiction equals driving-inability, which is largely practised at present, is inadmissible and therefore harmful to the therapeutic efforts for rehabilitation.
MeSH terms
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Austria
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Automobile Driver Examination
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Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence
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Automobile Driving / standards*
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Automobile Driving / statistics & numerical data
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Drug Monitoring
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
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HIV Seropositivity / complications*
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Humans
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Mass Screening
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Methadone / blood
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Methadone / therapeutic use*
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Neurologic Examination
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Psychological Tests
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Substance Abuse Detection
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Substance-Related Disorders / blood
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Substance-Related Disorders / complications
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Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation*
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Substance-Related Disorders / urine