Ethical assumptions and ambiguities in the Americans with Disabilities Act

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-208

  Kopelman, Loretta M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled; Health benefit plans; Health care rationing; Health care reform; Health priorities; Health services accessibility; Oregon; Rawls; Selection bias; Social justice

Indexed keywords

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; DISABLED PERSON; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IN RE BABY K; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; IN RE BABY K; LEGAL APPROACH;

BENEFICENCE; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; OREGON; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL VALUES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030120039     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/21.2.187     Document Type: Article

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