Category / Disability Rights / Medical Ethics / Public and Population Health / Resources / Uncategorized
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Medical Ethics – Ethical Issues in Healthcare of Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Ethical Issues in Healthcare of Persons with Developmental Disabilities A Threat to Disabled Persons? On the Genetics Approach to Developmental Disabilities This essay by Hans S. Reinders explores the claim that the genetics approach to intellectual disability does not imply a negative evaluation of disabled persons because there is a distinction between the person and…
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A Sociology of Aging
A Sociology of Aging Why are our senior citizens devalued? Do other societies treat their elderly better than we do? What ethical dimensions are involved here?
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Our Health Care System Cannot Afford Its Customers
Our Health Care System Cannot Afford Its Customers Morton Creditor questions why medical care in the United States is totally inappropriate in addressing the needs of its major customer, the aged, and considers the implications of cost containment. What is the impact on the doctor-patient relationship?
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Caregiver Access to Resources
Caregiver Access to Resources Helping Caregivers’ Self-Identify The reluctance of spouses and family members to identify themselves as caregivers is an obstacle to providing services to them. Caren Rugg describes an outreach program that is overcoming this barrier.
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Supporting Persons with Developmental Disabilities – A New Model
Supporting Persons with Developmental Disability The way we think about and care for people with developmental disability has changed – from society believing that caregivers always knew what was best to now people with disability participating in all aspects of community life.
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Elder Abuse
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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Honoring Caregivers – A National Initiative
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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Booming Past 65: Aging in Kansas City
A new study projects the number of residents 65 and older in metro Kansas City to double by the year 2030.
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Aging in Community with Help at Home
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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Clay County Senior Services Grant to KC4 Aging in Community
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
