Disabled People and the Right to Health Care
Background: There has been much attention recently in the media about disabled people’s right to terminate medical treatment and/or end their lives. However information about how disabled people can challenge refusals by health professionals to provide treatment has been missing from these debates.
This factsheet tries to redress this balance by informing people about their right to treatment and explaining some of the more technical terms used by health staff, which can often be confusing.