Research Guides: Disability and Ability Resources: Health Professionals and Disability

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Health Equity Must be a Strategic Priority
This article in NEJM Catalyst discusses the importance of making health equity a strategic priority and offers five ways to help achieve this.
Improving Health Equity Through Data Collection and Use: A Guide for Hospital Leaders
This resource from the American Hospital Association offers guidance on using data to improve health equity.
Health Care and the Americans With Disabilities Act
Provides information which the ADA requires that health care entities provide full and equal access for people with disabilities.

Accessibility, Inclusion, and Action in Medical Education
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) report on the lived experiences of learners and physicians with disabilities.

Health Professionals with Disabilties: Motivating Inclusiveness and Representation
Article discusses the importance of increasing representation of people with disabilities in the medical field.

How to Respond to a Patient's Discriminatory Request for a Different Clinician
This article by Dr. Thaddeus Mason Pope discusses how to respond to and refuse a discriminatory request for a different clinician.
The Impact of Unconscious Bias in Healthcare: How to Recognize and Mitigate It
This article discusses strategies to assist healthcare workers in recognizing and diminishing unconscious bias.
Political disclosure: Resisting ableism in medical education
Article describes the barriers individuals with disabilities face in the educational environment.