Sexuality, disability and human rights : strengthening healthcare for disabled people

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dc.contributor.authorMall, Sumaya
dc.contributor.authorSwartz, Leslie
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-03T08:19:36Z
dc.date.available2013-07-03T08:19:36Z
dc.date.issued2012-10
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractThe World Report on Disability by the World Health Organization and the World Bank marks a watershed in the history of how disability should be understood by healthcare practitioners. Along with a special issue of the Lancet, this report marks recognition by organised healthcare that healthcare practitioners acted paternalistically towards disabled people, often deciding on their behalf what is in their best interests. South Africa favours a human rights approach to disability, where the Constitution mentions non-discrimination on the grounds of disability, and globally through the promulgation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Historically, health practitioners have underestimated the capacities of disabled people and from clinical encounters view disability as an illness, whereas in reality most disabled people are not ill.en_ZA
dc.format.extentp. 792-793
dc.identifier.citationMall, S. & Swartz, L. 2012. Sexuality, disability and human rights: Strengthening healthcare for disabled people. South African Medical Journal, 102(10):792-793, doi:10.7196/SAMJ.6052.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7196/SAMJ.6052
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/82444
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG)en_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectPeople with disabilities -- Health careen_ZA
dc.subjectPeople with disabilities -- Civil rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectSexual healthen_ZA
dc.titleSexuality, disability and human rights : strengthening healthcare for disabled peopleen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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