A patient’s transition from “living” to “dying” is not socially marked in the same way death is marked, and this is both clinically and ethically relevant.
AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(12):E1062-1066. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.1062.
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.