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Disability Discrimination, Medical Rationing and COVID-19

The current public health crisis has exposed deep cracks in social equality and justice for marginalised and vulnerable communities around the world. The reported rise in the number of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders being imposed on people with disabilities has caused particular concerns from a human r...

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Autores principales: Chen, Bo, McNamara, Donna Marie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7471485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32901207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41649-020-00147-x
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description The current public health crisis has exposed deep cracks in social equality and justice for marginalised and vulnerable communities around the world. The reported rise in the number of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders being imposed on people with disabilities has caused particular concerns from a human rights perspective. While the evidence of this is contested, this article will consider the human rights implications at stake and the dangers associated with using ‘quality of life’ measures as determinant of care in medical decision-making and triage assessments.
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spelling pubmed-74714852020-09-04 Disability Discrimination, Medical Rationing and COVID-19 Chen, Bo McNamara, Donna Marie Asian Bioeth Rev Perspective The current public health crisis has exposed deep cracks in social equality and justice for marginalised and vulnerable communities around the world. The reported rise in the number of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders being imposed on people with disabilities has caused particular concerns from a human rights perspective. While the evidence of this is contested, this article will consider the human rights implications at stake and the dangers associated with using ‘quality of life’ measures as determinant of care in medical decision-making and triage assessments. Springer Singapore 2020-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7471485/ /pubmed/32901207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41649-020-00147-x Text en © National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
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title_short Disability Discrimination, Medical Rationing and COVID-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7471485/
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