@article{ref1,
title="The Contradictory Expressive Functions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Physician-assisted Suicide Laws",
journal="Journal of Disability and Religion",
year="2018",
author="Schiltz, E.R.",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="228-245",
abstract="Certain laws, such as civil rights laws and criminal laws, are considered to have powerful expressive functions. The expressive functions may be directed at shifting social norms, or at articulating a social consensus about a particularly important norm. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is such a law, expressing the norm that &quot;society's accumulated myths and fears about persons with disabilities&quot; are as debilitating as actual disabilities. This article will analyze the arguments of disability rights advocates that the expressive effect of laws legalizing physician-assisted suicide directly contradicts the norm of the ADA. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2331-2521",
doi="10.1080/23312521.2018.1486772",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2018.1486772"
}