Harborview Ethics Forum | Bioethics Grand Rounds

Disability, Quality of Life, and Medical Practice

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Speaker

Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Senior Bioethics Advisor to and Fellow of The Hastings Center, and Faculty Scholar of The Greenwall Foundation.

Dr. Reynolds is the author or co-author of five books and over fifty journal articles, book chapters, and scholarly commentaries. They are the founder of The Journal of Philosophy of Disability and co-founder of the book series Oxford Studies in Disability, Ethics, and Society from Oxford University Press.

Objectives

• Discuss and recognize the complex issues impacting quality and equity of care for disabled patients.
• Define and develop a critical, historically-informed understanding of the concept of "quality of life."
• Recognize the role of ableism in healthcare delivery and how to become actively anti-ableist.