A district nurses' guide to disability discrimination law: part 1.
District nurses have a unique role in the continuing care of people with disabilities. Some 20% of people are considered disabled and they now have rights under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. However, to benefit from these rights people must meet the legal definition of disabled under the Act. It is essential therefore that district nurses are able to interpret and apply this legal definition in relation to their patients in order to better advise them regarding their disability and their rights under the Act. In the first of two articles on disability discrimination, Richard Griffith and Cassam Tengnah discuss the requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to meet the definition of disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Griffith
Richard
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Health Law, School of Health Science, Swansea University. richard.griffith@swan.ac.uk
Tengnah
Cassam
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