Three Things Clinicians Should Know About Disability.

AMA J Ethics

An assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the 2017-2019 Rice Family Fellow in Bioethics and the Humanities at the Hastings Center in Garrison, New York.

Published: December 2018

The historical relationship between health care professionals and people with disabilities is fraught, a fact all the more troubling in light of the distinctive roles clinicians play in both establishing and responding to that which is considered normal or abnormal by society at large. Those who wish to improve their clinical practice might struggle, however, to keep up with developments across numerous disability communities as well as the ever-growing body of disability studies scholarship. To assist with this goal, I offer an overview of recent disability theory, outline a set of responsibilities clinicians have to disability communities, and provide recommendations for clinicians who hope to justly treat patients with disabilities and improve their care and health outcomes.

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