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Author:  Robert  Mead J. D., M. L. S..


Source: Volume 15, Number 04, November/December 2012 , pp.57-59(3)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

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Abstract: 

This research review summarizes the major findings and conclusions of the “Comfort Care as Denial of Personhood” by William J. Peace, 42 Hastings Center Report 14-17 (Jul./Aug. 2012); and of “Disability Discrimination”, by Diane Coleman and Stephen Drake; “Disability Discrimination: Risky Business for ‘Consenting’ Adults” ,by Anita Silvers; “Disability Discrimination: A Doctor’s View”, by Dr. Theresa A. Soriano; and “Disability Discrimination: The Author Responds”, by William J. Peace, Bioethics Forum: Diverse Commentary on Issues in Bioethics (Jul. 2012).

Keywords: comfort care as denial of personhood; disability discrimination;

Affiliations:  1: New Mexico Supreme Court.

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