ABOUT KAT
Katherine “Kat” Macfarlane is a writer, speaker, and law professor. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) when she was 13 months old, her writing touches upon every aspect of living with RA, from handling insensitive doctors to fighting for accommodations at work.
What a ‘Human-Centered’ Approach Can Do for Workers With Disabilities
Obtaining reasonable accommodations is often a messy, frustrating process for both employees and their managers. But there are solutions.
– New York Times
A Patient’s Right to Masked Health Care Providers
In May 2023, Mass General Brigham instructed its patients that they “cannot ask staff members to wear a mask because our policies no longer require it.”
– Bill of Health, Harvard Law
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