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Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. The importance of disabled people in medicine

3. GMC guidance and disabled people in medicine

4. The legal background

5. Preparing the ground

6. Disabled students as potential doctors

7. Applying for medical school

8. Confidentiality and disclosure

9. Tests, interviews and selection

10. Providing disability equality

11. Preparing the physical environment

12. Student induction and support

13. Teaching and learning

14. Supporting student progress

15. Postgraduate training

16. Registration, the GMC and the Medical Act

Appendix: Examples of reasonable adjustments

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4. The legal background

4.1 Disability discrimination

4.2 Who is a 'disabled person'?

4.3 Mental illness and fluctuating conditions

<< 3.4 Medicine: an array of different careers

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