Engaging Disability Rights Law to Address the Distinct Harms at the Intersection of Race and Disability for People with Substance Use Disorder. Issue 1 (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dineen, Kelly K.; Pendo, Elizabeth
• Editors: Goodwin, Michele; Lynch, Holly Fernandez
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 50:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 38
• Page End: 51
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Substance Use Disorder -- Racism -- Disability -- Rights Law -- Health Inequities -- Intersectionality; Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1017/jme.2022.7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines the unique disadvantages experienced by Black people and other people of color with substance use disorder in health care, and argues that an intersectional approach to enforcing disability rights laws offer an opportunity to ameliorate some of the harms of oppression to this population.