How COVID-19 exposed a deep medical ethics problem : part 1
By: Jarrett, Simon.
Series: Community Living 34 (2) Winter 2021: 22-23. 2021Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | COVID-19 | HEALTH CARE | ETHICS | HUMAN RIGHTS | INEQUALITY | MEDICAL TREATMENT | UNITED KINGDOMSummary: In the first of a two-part series, considers the absence of specific ethical guidance about intellectual disability, a general paucity of guidance about disability as a whole and a poor track record of safe healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities, which all came to a head in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic health crisis in 2020. Points out that both the law and ethical practice within medicine afford numerous examples of a lower value being placed on the life of a learning-disabled person than on the lives of others (UK). To be continued...Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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In the first of a two-part series, considers the absence of specific ethical guidance about intellectual disability, a general paucity of guidance about disability as a whole and a poor track record of safe healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities, which all came to a head in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic health crisis in 2020. Points out that both the law and ethical practice within medicine afford numerous examples of a lower value being placed on the life of a learning-disabled person than on the lives of others (UK). To be continued...
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