Why should we be concerned about disparate impact?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 23-24

  Lindsay, Ronald A ^a  

^a Center for Inquiry   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33749038347     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160600859771     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. 1999. Medical futility in end-of-life care: Report of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. Journal of the American Medical Association 281(10): 937-941.
2. Lindsay, R. A. 2002. Should we impose quotas? Evaluating the "disparate impact" argument against legalization of assisted suicide. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 30: 6-16.
3. Wojtasiewicz, M. E. 2006. Damage compounded: Disparities, distrust, and disparate impact in end-of-life conflict resolution policies. American Journal of Bioethics 6(5): 8-12.