ArticleAmerican journal of public health2020
Disability, Ethics, and Health Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Healthcare utilization among people with disabilities in Iran: what predictors are associated with medical visits?BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Social Determinants of Health Affect Psychological Distress among People with Disabilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- COVID-19 ethics: unique aspects and a review as of early 2024.Monash bioethics review · 2024Review
- Association of mobile health (mHealth) use with health status and COVID-19-related concerns by people with mobility impairments.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and attitudes of subjects with disability and their carers in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Effects of COVID-19 Among People With Disabilities in Plumtree, Zimbabwe: A Mixed-Method Survey.Health services insights · 2024Article
- Health system access challenges of people with disabilities increased during Covid-19 pandemic.Disability and health journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
This article considers key ethical, legal, and medical dilemmas arising for people with disabilities in the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight the limited application of existing frameworks of emergency planning with and for people with disabilities in the COVID-19 pandemic, explore key concerns and issues affecting the health care of people with disabilities (i.e., access to information and clinician-patient communication, nondiscrimination and reasonable accommodations, and rationing of medical goods), and indicate possible solutions. Finally, we suggest clinical and public health policy measures to ensure that people with disabilities are included in the planning of future pandemic-related efforts.The devastation evoked by the COVID-19 pandemic raises challenging dilemmas in bioethics. It also speaks to social justice issues that have plagued historically marginalized communities in the United States.Responses to the pandemic must be bound by legal standards, principles of distributive justice, and societal norms of protecting vulnerable populations-core commitments of public health-to ensure that inequities are not exacerbated, and should provide a pathway for improvements to ensure equitable access and treatment in the future.
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