A Patient’s Right to Masked Health Care Providers
The law surrounding reasonable modifications in health care is well-settled, but practical realities pose challenges to securing accommodations.
Discrimination
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Read more: On Experiencing IBD as a Woman On Experiencing IBD as a Woman
The onus should not be on patients, many of whom are less privileged than me, to convince health care providers to take their pain seriously.
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Read more: Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID
The need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections is greater than ever.
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Read more: Personal Crusades for Public Health Personal Crusades for Public Health
Public health in the U.S. has collapsed. In its place, we are left with an insufficient, impoverished alternative: personal crusades.
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Read more: The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative
I will be direct: schools that have officially departed from masking are stating an ongoing commitment to purposeful exclusion.
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Read more: The Institutionalization Missing Data Problem The Institutionalization Missing Data Problem
Efforts to monitor health outcomes of people with disabilities are woefully inadequate. This stems, in part, from widespread institutionalization.
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Read more: Citational Racism: How Leading Medical Journals Reproduce Segregation in American Medical Knowledge Citational Racism: How Leading Medical Journals Reproduce Segregation in American Medical Knowledge
The American Medical Association has failed to promote greater racial inclusion in its flagship publication, JAMA, despite an explicit pledge to do so.
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Read more: Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities
The upswell of advocacy around Long COVID should be mobilized to call attention to and address the challenges faced by newly-disabled adults.
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Read more: Long COVID and Physical Reductionism Long COVID and Physical Reductionism
Long COVID plaintiffs seeking disability anti-discrimination law protections have been met with suspicion and demands for evidence.
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Read more: Providing Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards Barrier Removal Providing Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards Barrier Removal
Framing unclean air as a barrier in the built environment may help secure the benefit of indoor air quality standards.
