Introduction: Bioethics and intellectual disability--scientific promise, social context and policy.
Introduction: Bioethics and intellectual disability--scientific promise, social context and policy.
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简介:生物伦理学和智力障碍——科学承诺、社会背景和政策。
DOI:
10.1002/ddrr.130
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
Msall,MichaelE
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Acharya,Kruti;Msall,MichaelE
'2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. ancies between prenatal and postnatal perspectives of disability and how professional screening guidelines may reinforce these misperceptions. She highlights the potential impact of newer diagnostic techniques (ie comparative genomic hybridization) to prenatally detect more subtle genomic abnormalities. Using a biopsychosocial model, Vander Ploeg Booth extends this focus, evaluating disparities in health care across the lifespan for individuals with disabilities. Even though community advances have improved the health outcome of children and adolescents with Down syndrome, Yang and colleagues found that increased life expectancy in Down syndrome did not hold across the diverse US population [Yang et al., 2002]. In particular, individuals with Down syndrome of African–American and Latino descent had shorter life expectancies with most not surviving young adulthood. Whether this reflects poorer access to primary and specialty medical care or to basic community resources is not known. However, the extent of these health disparities in intellectual disability make it a high priority area for critical study and program development.We conclude with a third principle from Crocker:‘‘Supportive health care services shall be maximally unobtrusive, shall celebrate the presence of wellness and look as well to buttressing the state of personal happiness’’[Crocker, 1987]. Supportive health services are not limited to medical care, but also encompass comprehensive edu-