Summaries for patients : counseling during doctors' visits to prevent motor vehicle injuries : recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Summaries for Patients are a service provided by Annals to help patients better understand the complicated and often mystifying language of modern medicine. This summary is from the full reports titled "Counseling about Proper Use of Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints and Avoidance of Alcohol Use while Driving: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement" and "Counseling about Proper Use of Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints and Avoidance of Alcohol Use while Driving: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force." They are in the 7 August 2007 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 147, pages 187-193 and pages 194-206). The first report was written by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; the second report was written by S.B. Williams, E.P. Whitlock, E.A. Edgerton, P.R. Smith, and T.L. Beil. (Author/publisher)