Dismantling the Disability/Handicap Distinction  

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Edwards, Steven D.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 22 no. 6 (Dec. 1997), page 589-606.
Topik: Disability; Handicap; Nordenfelt; World Health Organization.

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.7 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This paper discusses the distinction between disability and handicap as it is proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in their publication International Classsification of Impairments, Disabilites and Handicaps (WHO, 1993 (fist publishet, 1980)). Following criticism of this an attempt to salvage the distinction by Nordenfelt (1993, 1983) is discussed. It is argued that neither the WHO nor Nordenfelt are succesful in their attempts to preserve the distinction betwen disability and hadicap in a theoretically wellmotivated manner. Contrary to the WHO, it is argued that what they term 'disabilities' and 'handicap' both have external causes. And contrary to Nordenfelt's position it is shown that "basic action" do not provide a firm theoretical foundation for the concept of disability. Moreover, the criticisms of these two sets of views reveal that attempts to describe the phenomenon of disablement which focus on the individual suffer from a serious methodological shortcoming.

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