Objectives Genomic advancements affect people with disabilities. This paper presents the
findings of a scoping literature review on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of …

The medical model of disability describes a widespread approach to disability common
since the 1800s that views disabilities of all sorts as abnormalities that need to be cured or …

Background The increased life expectancy of persons with profound intellectual and multiple
disabilities (PIMD) raises questions regarding the medical decisions related to life and …

Objectives Two forces which are in juxtaposition have been impacting upon the
achievement of full inclusion and emancipation of people with intellectual and related …

Accounting for about 15% of the world's population, persons with disabilities constitute a
critical population. Despite a substantial knowledge base in disability and public health …

The inclusion of disability as an important and far-reaching social factor, and disability
justice as part of any framework of public health ethics, advances successful approaches to …

Abstract The authors of “The Quiet Progress of the New Eugenics”(QPNE) assert that some
current practices, such as euthanasia and/or assisted suicide (EAS) for disabled newborns …

This third edition of Toward a Moral Horizon: Nursing Ethics for Leadership and Practice will
assist nurses and all health care providers to take up the challenge of embedding ethics in …

Taking care of persons with intellectual and multiple disabilities (IMD), especially when
vulnerability and medical intervention increase, can lead to the question: to what extent is …

This chapter considers the vulnerability of disabled persons within Canada's Medical
Assistance in Dying regime. It briefly outlines the history of disabled persons opposition and …