- Professor of Law at Yale University
- Created book in 1979 called Taking Care of Strangers, which discussed disconfort of helath care professionals in the presence of patients with very significant impairments.

Robert Burt

- Developed a seven-step procedure assuring that aided death was acceptable after patient seeked death due to increased use of ventilator.

Edwards and Susan Tolle

Grinnell College

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

- Important Cases
- Important Movements
- Important Figures
- Summarization of End of Life Treatment in Disability History

History of End of Life Treatment in Disability History

Important Figures of Bioethics in Disability History

- Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today
- Disability Rights Movement
- Not Dead Yet

Important Movements/Organizations of Bioethics in Disability History

- Bouvia v. Superior Court,179 Cal. App. 3d 112, 225 Cal. Rptr. 297 (1986)
- 1989 Case of David Rivlin
- In Re Quinlan 70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 647 (1976)
- Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
- 1998-2005 Case of Terri Schiavo
- 2005 Case of Barbara Howe

Case Law Regarding Bioethics in Disability History

- When it came to the medical view of disabilities, it was difficult to understand disabilities through an emotional viewpoint. Instead, methodical developments to treat disabilities were developed (see "Important Figures of Bioethics in Disability History").
- During the late 1900s, many cases involving the medical professional's role in continuing or discontinuing treatment occured, which overall gave the family first say in these situations (see "Case Law Regarding Bioethics in Disability History")
- Organizations related to Disability rights began to develop, focusing on rights such as those with disabilities being able to refuse: assisted suicide, life-sustaining treatment, and living at the nursing home. (See Important Movements/Organizations of Bioethics in Disability History").

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