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Health care and the UN Disability Rights Convention

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62033-X

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People with disabilities can be healthy.¹ Yet too often they are excluded from general health care by numerous obstacles, including a lack of training of health professionals, physical inaccessibility, and communication barriers (such as a lack of sign-language interpretation).² Moreover, individuals with disabilities lack coordinated care and are often excluded from health-outreach programmes.³ Disability-based exclusion is bolstered by a lack of awareness among policy makers about this minority group and their needs.

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Disability: beyond the medical model

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62043-2

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