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Disability rights in Higher Education Programs: The case of medical schools and other health-related disciplines
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Recognising and respecting the human rights of persons with disabilities constitutes an integral element of a democratic society. This caveat has been long articulated in health professionals' rhetoric on the importance of embedding a human rights discourse in the protection and promotion of individual and global health. Having signed and ratified the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), state parties are expected to educate doctors and other health professionals to understand the human rights dimension of disability. This article is concerned with exploring the extent to which the programmes and curriculum outlines in medical schools and other health-related academic disciplines are informed by concerns about promoting disability rights education. Further, it discusses some future directions for monitoring the implementation of a disability rights discourse and suggests some ways in which a rights-based approach to disability can be incorporated in higher education programmes and curricula for health-related disciplines.
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“When disability and accessibility-relevant issues are somewhat absent or misrepresented (Liasidou and Mavrou 2017), faculty across disciplines do not seem to have a clear understanding and awareness of inclusive policies and practices and of how to implement inclusion and integrate it as a competency in their course curricula (Altes et al. 2024).”
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“These ideological presuppositions continue to be enshrined in the dominant conceptualization of accessibility and UD while silencing how disability is a dimension of diversity, power, justice and human rights (e.g.Liasidou and Liasidou 2023;Liasidou and Mavrou 2017;Gabel et al. 2016;Waitoller and King Thorius 2016) that necessitate an equity-oriented and critical approach to conceptualizing UD and”
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“…accessibility and UD while silencing how disability is a dimen-sion of diversity, power, justice and human rights (e.g. Liasidou and Liasidou 2023; Liasidou and Mavrou 2017; Gabel et al. 2016; Waitoller and King Thorius 2016) that necessitate an equity-oriented and critical approach to…”
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- Authors
- Liasidou, A., & Mavrou, K.
- Affiliations
- St Mary's University Twickenham London (GB)
- European University Cyprus (CY)
- Corresponding author
- Liasidou, Anastasia
- Venue
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 191
- Pages
- 143-150
- ISSN
- 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2752387526
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- St Mary's University Repository (St Mary's University Twickenham London) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disability Rights and Representation
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
- Keywords
- disability rights, medical education, health professions education, course program, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, human rights discourse, higher education
- MeSH terms
- Curriculum, Delivery of Health Care, Education, Persons with Disabilities, Humans, Human Rights
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