Persons with Disabilities and Public Health Ethics Book Chapter
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Robyn Powell et al., Persons with Disabilities and Public Health Ethics, in Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics (Anna C. Mastroianni et al. eds., Oxford Academic, 2019)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
"This chapter draws on medical, social, and legal perspectives to identify and highlight ethical issues pertaining to the treatment, representation, and inclusion of persons with disabilities in public health policy and practice. A brief history of disability in the United States is provided as a context for examining the key ethical issues related to public health policy and practice. Conceptual frameworks and approaches to disability are then described and applied. The chapter then discusses the imperativeness of expanding access to public health programs by persons with disabilities, the need to address implicit and structural biases, and the importance of including persons with disabilities in public health decision-making."
