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      Medical Council of India's new guidelines on admission of persons with specified disabilities: Unfair, discriminatory and unlawful.

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      Indian journal of medical ethics
      Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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          The Medical Council of India (MCI)'s recent guidelines on admission of persons with specified disabilities into the medical course under the disability quota has escalated into a huge controversy. Multiple litigations have been initiated against MCI by successful National Eligibility cum Entrance Test candidates with disabilities across the country. In light of our new Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, I argue in this essay that these guidelines are unfair, discriminatory and unlawful. I quote Supreme Court judgments on reasonable accommodation, equality and discrimination and highlight the exclusion of doctors with disabilities in policy making.

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          Journal
          Indian J Med Ethics
          Indian journal of medical ethics
          Forum for Medical Ethics Society
          0975-5691
          0974-8466
          November 27 2018
          : 4
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Associate Professor of Physiology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Medical Humanities Group, UCMS, Delhi., dr.satendra@gmail.com.
          Article
          5358
          10.20529/IJME.2018.064
          30473493
          c5ea14bc-161e-4513-b0dc-1c8021a053ed
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