A review of three journal articles shows the significant impact that poverty has on physical and mental health status, as well as all causes of mortality.
Two bioethicists argue that prenatal disability screening promotes negativity toward the disabled and gives parents the ability to selectively form families.
A philosophy professor argues that prenatal genetic testing allows potentially painful afflictions to be discovered prior to birth and does not unjustly discriminate against disabled people.
Health practitioners can help reduce health disparities if they consider the implications and affect that patients' geographical location has on their health.