About the Event
In this installment of the Humanities, Health and Medicine Lecture Series, Lisa Iezzoni, M.D., presents “People With Disabilities and Health Care Disparities.” More than 50 years since the passage of the first major disability civil rights legislation — Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 — people with disabilities continue to face numerous barriers to accessing high quality health care. Iezzoni describes health care disparities for people with disabilities, explores potential causes and addresses the status of current efforts to remedy the disparities for this growing population.
Iezzoni is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. In addition to her teaching, Iezzoni is an activist, a researcher and the author of several books, most recently “Making Their Days Happen: Paid Personal Assistance Services Supporting People With Disability Living in Their Homes and Communities” (2022).
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Note: Iezzoni joins virtually from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Attendees are invited to convene in the Health Learning Building Auditorium for robust discussions, community connection and refreshments.
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The Humanities, Health and Medicine Lecture Series is co-presented by the Humanities Institute at the College of Liberal Arts and Dell Medical School. The series brings prominent writers, clinicians and researchers to the UT campus to explore humanistic approaches to health and medicine.