Disabled people and the right to life : the protection and violation of disabled people's most basic human rights /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Clements, L. J. (Luke J.), Read, Janet, 1947-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Subjects:	People with disabilities > Civil rights. People with disabilities > Civil rights > Cross-cultural studies. Right to life. Human rights.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : life, disability, and the pursuit of human rights / Luke Clements, Janet Read
Mending, not ending : cost-effectiveness analysis, preferences and the right to a life with disabilities / David Wasserman, Adrienne Asch, Jerome Bickenbach
Deadly currents beneath calm waters : persons with disability and the right to life in Australia / Phillip French, Rosemary Kayess
It's my life - it's my decision? : assisted dying versus assisted living / Jane Campbell
Disability rights and resuscitation : do not attempt reconciliation? / Tom Shakespeare, Bryan Vernon
Disability, human rights and re-distributive justice : some reflections from the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan on popular perceptions of disabled people / Shaheen Sardar Ali
Human rights aspects of deaths of institutionalized people with disabilities in Europe / Jan Fiala, Oliver Lewis
Demonstrably awful : the right to life and the selective non-treatment of disabled babies and young children / Janet Read, Luke Clements
End-of-life decisions in neonatology and the right to life of the disabled newborn child : impressions from the Netherlands / Jozef H.H.M. Dorscheidt
The right to life and the right to health of children with disabilities before courts : some Latin American examples / Christian Courtis
Access to care and the right to life of disabled children in Bulgaria / Boika Rechel
Unheard voices : human rights issues of disabled youngsters from Romanian institutions / Mirela Saupe
The classification of newborn children : consequences for survival / Jónína Einarsdóttir.