Lyubov Slashcheva, Rick Rader, MD, and Stephen B. Sulkes, MD
Designation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population would not solve problems of access to care.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):422-429. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.pfor1-1604.
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has infringed on the trust between patient and physician. When it is repealed, physicians will have to invite confidences from patients who have long been unable to give them.