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Health Care Law, Peter M. Mellette, Emily W. G. Towey, J. Vaden Hunt
Health Care Law, Peter M. Mellette, Emily W. G. Towey, J. Vaden Hunt
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Proxy Consent To Organ Donation By Incompetents, Michael T. Morley
Proxy Consent To Organ Donation By Incompetents, Michael T. Morley
Scholarly Publications
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Disability, Doctors And Dollars: Distinguishing The Three Faces Of Reasonable Accommodation, Elizabeth Pendo
Disability, Doctors And Dollars: Distinguishing The Three Faces Of Reasonable Accommodation, Elizabeth Pendo
All Faculty Scholarship
Despite a decade of litigation, there is no consistent understanding of the reasonable accommodation requirement of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the 'ADA'). Indeed, there are three inconsistent distributive outcomes that appear to comport with the reasonable accommodation requirement: cost-shifting, cost-sharing, and cost-avoidance.
One reason for such inconsistent outcomes is a failure to develop a coherent and consistent theory of disability. Because disability has been and continues to be medicalized, this Article takes a fresh look at the medical literature on health, illness, and disability. It recommends the use of the experiential health model over …