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daily link  Monday, May 24, 2004


ERs don't treat mental patients fairly
Story in the Seattle Post Intelligencer - " Hospital emergency rooms routinely refuse treatment for medical conditions of people regarded as 'mentally ill.' Attorney Susan Stephan, author of the recent book, Unequal Rights: Discrimination Against People with Mental Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act, surveyed people with 'mental illness' who went to ERs for medical conditions. Stephan's survey concluded ERs trivialize our medical conditions, or refuse to treat our medical conditions until after a psychiatric exam, or involuntarily commit us to the psychiatric ward when we need treatment for a non-psychiatric medical condition..."  
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