title: New employment discrimination law: finally, protection for physicians!
abstract: The federal Americans with Disabilities Act provides employment discrimination protection for handicapped or disabled people. However, a Pennsylvania statute amended in 1991 provides startling new protection for physicians. This article is intended to address only the responsibilities of physicians as employers and their rights as disabled individuals under state and federal law; it is not intended to discuss patients' rights.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania Medical Society.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014481:United States