Identification of causes assigned to health conditions that generated refusal or restriction of driving licenses to taxpayers seeking a permit at the Dirección de Transito y Transporte Público of the I. Municipalidad de La Florida

Authors

  • David Peralta Castro Urólogo, Diplomado en Gestión de Instituciones de Salud, Universidad de Chile. Médico Sicotécnico del Departamento de Licencias de Conducir de la I. Municipalidad de La Florida
  • Daniel Peralta Arias Interno de Medicina de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Keywords:

Driver´s Licence, restriction, denial, donation or organs

Abstract

A study was conducted on 1000 taxpayers served in the Driving License Department of the I. Municipalidad La Florida, in order to identify the diseases that cause denial or restriction of the driver’s license and to learn, in addition about, the willingness to donate organs. we detected a high percentage of taxpayers who are allowed to drive motor vehicles with restriction. The two main causes of these restrictions were alterations of hearing and high blood pressure. As for the donation of organs it, was found that women are more willing to donate than men.

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Published

2007-12-28

How to Cite

Peralta Castro, D. ., & Peralta Arias, D. . (2007). Identification of causes assigned to health conditions that generated refusal or restriction of driving licenses to taxpayers seeking a permit at the Dirección de Transito y Transporte Público of the I. Municipalidad de La Florida. Cuadernos Médico Sociales, 47(4), 246–252. Retrieved from https://cuadernosms.cl/index.php/cms/article/view/693