Achieving accessible health care for people with disabilities: Why the ADA is only part of the solution

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-261

  Yee, Silvia ^a   Breslin, Mary Lou ^a  

^a Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Disability; Health care; Law; Medical model; Policy; Social model

Indexed keywords

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW SUIT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTPATIENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STANDARD; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956976728     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2010.07.006     Document Type: Note

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