Triple jeopardy: disabled people and the COVID-19 pandemic

Triple jeopardy: disabled people and the COVID-19 pandemic

People with disabilities have been differentially affected by COVID-19 because of three factors: the increased risk of poor outcomes from the disease itself, reduced access to routine health care and rehabilitation, and the adverse social impacts of efforts to mitigate the pandemic.

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Veröffentlicht in:Lancet 2021-03, Vol.397 (10282), p.1331-1333
Hauptverfasser: Shakespeare, Tom, Ndagire, Florence, Seketi, Queen E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:People with disabilities have been differentially affected by COVID-19 because of three factors: the increased risk of poor outcomes from the disease itself, reduced access to routine health care and rehabilitation, and the adverse social impacts of efforts to mitigate the pandemic.
ISSN:0140-6736
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00625-5