Disabled Persons - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Presumption of service connection for osteoporosis for former prisoners of war. Final rule.

26 Aug 2009 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulations to establish a presumption of service connection for osteoporosis for former Prisoners of War (POWs) who were detained or interned for at least 30 days and whose ... Read more...

Doctors with disabilities: licensed to practice?

30 Jul 2009 Doctors deal with patient's disabilities every day but many in the profession have been nonplussed to see the focus of the disability rights lobbies shift from the recipients of care to the carers themselves. Until recently the number of practising ... Read more...

The struggle for dignity by people with severe functional disabilities.

29 Jun 2009 The purpose of this study was to investigate what strategies people with severe functional disabilities who receive personal assistance in their homes use in their daily life to achieve autonomy, integrity, influence and participation. Qualitative ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Disabled Persons - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Educating health care professionals to care for patients with disabilities. 21 Sep 2009
• Assisted dying debate. A baroness replies. 12 Sep 2009
• ECHR 2009/10 Case of Dauti v. Albania, 3 February 2009, no. 19206/05 (Fourth section). 30 Aug 2009
• Presumption of service connection for osteoporosis for former prisoners of war. Final rule. 26 Aug 2009
• Assisted dying: what's disability got to do with it? 24 Aug 2009
• Doctors with disabilities: licensed to practice? 30 Jul 2009
• Websites as places of public accommodation: regulating accessibility under Title III of the ADA. 29 Jun 2009
• The struggle for dignity by people with severe functional disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
• Congress restores the Americans With Disabilities Act to its original intent. 29 Jun 2009
• From Web accessibility to Web adaptability. 29 Jun 2009
• Joint infection after knee arthroscopy: medicolegal aspects. 10 Jun 2009
• History and expansion of section 504 student eligibility: implications for school nurses. 2 Jun 2009
• Governor Donald Carcieri fights to preserve the rights of infirm and disabled citizens, champions home care. Interview by Richard D Brennan. 30 May 2009
• Changes in the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in u.s. Nursing facilities between 1988 and 2007. 30 May 2009
• The right to nutrition and hydration: a need for vigilance. 30 May 2009
• Commentary: Granting medical licensure, honoring the Americans with disabilities act, and protecting the public: can we do all three? 30 May 2009
• Do state medical board applications violate the americans with disabilities act? 30 May 2009
• Commentary: impaired physicians and the new politics of accountability. 30 May 2009
• [Hearing loss among handicapped persons] 18 May 2009
• Usefulness of Austroads' fitness-to-drive guidelines: lessons from the Gillett case. 2 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Disabled Persons'

Definition: Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.

Descriptor UI: D006233

Alternative terms: Disabled Persons; Disabled Person; Person, Disabled; Persons, Disabled; Handicapped; People with Disabilities; Disabilities, People with; People with Disability; Persons with Disabilities; Disabilities, Persons with; Disability, Persons with; Persons with Disability; Physically Handicapped; Handicapped, Physically; Physically Disabled; Disabled, Physically; Physically Challenged;

Related Mesh Headings: Dental Care for Disabled; Education, Special; Mainstreaming (Education); Rehabilitation; Self-Help Devices; Employment, Supported; Early Intervention (Education);

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; rehabilitation;

Tree Number: M01.150;

History Note: 98(63)

Technical Notes: as GEN or unspecified includes both physical & mental disability; prefer specifics (VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS) emotionally disabled = MENTAL DISORDERS or specific; /educ permitted but is probably EDUCATION, SPECIAL or MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); /rehabil permitted; DF: DISABLED