Technical Standards and Lawsuits Involving Accommodations for Health Professions Students

Bibliographic Data

ID15745262
AuthorsSamuel R Bagenstos (University of Michigan, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume18
Issue10
Pages1010-1016
Publication date2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980
PublisherAmerican Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.hlaw1-1610
PMID27780025
OpenAlexW2544695807
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article will discuss the legal obligations of medical schools to accommodate applicants and students with disabilities. The article begins by describing the problem of denial of medical education to such students, a problem that results from both discrimination in admissions and denial of accommodations to incumbent students with disabilities. The article then discusses the disability rights legislation that prohibits discrimination against-and requires reasonable accommodation of-qualified medical students with disabilities. It concludes by reviewing a number of lawsuits involving requests for accommodation and how disability rights law was applied in those cases

Denial · Medical education · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Disability Rights and Representation · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Medicine · Psychology

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