School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, University Square, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK.
Med Law Rev. 2020 Dec 17;28(4):804-816. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwaa026.
Disabled people may be disproportionately impacted by the response to the COVID-19 outbreak because of the kinds of countermeasures needed to tackle it, and serious disruptions to the services on which they rely. There are reports from the disability community in England and elsewhere that measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 impact negatively on their human rights and experiences. This commentary focuses on the healthcare and social care systems in England and describes how laws and practices have changed under the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these changes affect the rights of disabled people.
残疾人可能会因应对 COVID-19 疫情所需的对策以及他们所依赖的服务严重中断而受到不成比例的影响。来自英国和其他地方残疾人群体的报告显示,为遏制 COVID-19 传播而采取的措施对他们的人权和生活造成了负面影响。本评论聚焦于英格兰的医疗保健和社会保健系统,并描述了在 COVID-19 大流行下法律和实践如何发生变化,以及这些变化如何影响残疾人的权利。