Disabled - therefore, Unhealthy?

This paper argues that disabled people can be healthy. I argue, first, following the well-known ‘social model of disability’, that we should prefer a usage of ‘disabled’ which does not imply any kind of impairment that is essentially inconsistent with health. This is because (a) one can be disabled...

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Main Author: Aas, Sean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 5, Pages: 1259-1274
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Disability
B Conceptual ethics
B Health
B Impairment
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