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Disability, health, law, and bioethics
Title:
Disability, health, law, and bioethics
Author:
Cohen, I. Glenn, editor.
ISBN:
9781108485975
9781108725408
Physical Description:
xxxii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Disability, health, and normal function -- Healthcare as eugenics -- Epistemic injustice, disability stigma, and public health law -- Abortion, the disabilities of pregnancy, and the dignity of risk -- The Down Syndrome Information Act and "mere difference": redefining the scope of prenatal testing conversations? -- Dementia, disability, and advance directives: defensible standards for dementia care -- Expressing respect for people with disabilities in medical practice -- Disabled bodies and good organs -- Humanizing clinical care for patients with disabilities -- Chronic pain as a challenge for disability theory and policy -- Making "meaningful access" meaningful: equitable healthcare for divisive times -- The privacy problem in disability antidiscrimination law -- Sexual agency as a rights-based imperative for persons with intellectual disabilities -- Destigmatizing disability in the law of immigration admissions -- The normative bases of medical civil rights -- Judicial representation: speaking for others from the bench -- Can we universally accommodate mental health and should we?: A systematic review of the evidence and ethical analysis -- Algorithmic disability discrimination -- The pathways approach to priority setting: considering quality of life while being fair to individuals with disabilities -- Measuring health-state utility via cured patients
Abstract:
"Historically and across societies people with disabilities have been stigmatized and excluded from social opportunities on a variety of culturally specific grounds. In this collection, the authors explore the impact that the philosophical framing of disability can have on public policy questions, in the clinic, in the courtroom, and elsewhere. They examine the implications of this understanding for legal and policy approaches to disability, strategies for allocating and accessing health care, the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, health care rights, and other legal tools designed to address discrimination. This volume should be read by anyone seeking a balanced view of disability and an understanding of the connection between the framing of disability and policies that have a real-world impact on individuals."--Back cover.