Session 3: Uncovering Disability Bias and Discrimination in Healthcare
Health Equity & Ethics Series: Transforming Community Conversations about COVID-19 to Action
April 14, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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SESSION 3 PANEL:
- Featuring narrative dialogue with Melissa Hickson (wife of Michael Hickson)
- Brian Chicoine, Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center
- Andres Gallegos, Robins, Salomon and Patt, Ltd.
- Lisa I. Iezzoni, Mongan health Policy Research Center, MGH
- Ann Jackson, Center for Food Equity in Medicine
- Kristi Kirschner, University of Illinois College of Medicine
CONTEXT:
- Watch: PBS News Hour: Pandemic Means Americans with disabilities aren’t getting the services they need (8 mins)
- Watch: 'Not Going Quietly' Ady Barkan Documentary Panel - TribecaTalks at Home (40 mins)
- Read: Misperceptions Of People With Disabilities Lead To Low-Quality Care: How Policy Makers Can Counter The Harm And Injustice by Andre Gallegos (10 mins)
- Read & Review: Health Disparities and Health Equity: The Issue is Justice (Braveman et al, 2011)
- Read & Review: Disability and Justice, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2013, 2019)
Date posted
Mar 20, 2021
Date updated
Jan 5, 2024
Speakers
Melissa Hickson | Disability Advocate, Mother | Community member - spouse of Mr. Hickson
Brian Chicoine | Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center
Andres Gallegos, | Robins, Salomon and Patt, Ltd.
Lisa I. Iezzoni | Mongan health Policy Research Center, MGH
