Nordenfelt's theory of disability

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-100

  Edwards, Steven D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Disability; Nordenfelt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; THEORY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; GOALS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031881465     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009942512459     Document Type: Article

References (33)

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2. See reference 1: p. 35.
3. See reference 1: p. 36.
4. See reference 1: p. 109.
5. See reference 1: p. 109.
6. For a more precise definition, see reference 1: p. 108.
7. Nordenfelt L. On the notions of disability and handicap. Social Welfare 1993; 2: 17-24, 17.
8. Nordenfelt L. On Disabilities and Their Classification. Linkopping: University of Linkopping, 1983: 45.
9. See reference 1: p. 212.
10. See reference 7: p. 20.
11. See reference 7: p. 17.
12. See reference 7: p. 17.
13. See reference 7: p. 18.
14. See reference 7: p. 17.
15. See reference 7: p. 23.
16. See reference 7: p. 20.
17. See reference 7: p. 212.
18. See reference 7: p. 17.
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20. See reference 1: p. 36.
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22. See reference 1: p. 35.
23. Oliver M. The Politics of Disablement. London: Macmillan, 1990: 48.
24. See reference 1: p. 23.
25. It should be said that this is flat contradiction to Nordenfelt's earlier claims concerning the specificity of the terms ability and disability. See, e.g. reference 7: p. 17.
26. See reference 1 : pp. 49-52.
27. See reference 1: p. 26.
28. Kenny A. The Metaphysics of Mind. Oxford: Blackwell, 1989: 67.
29. See reference 23: p. xiii.
30. MacIntyre A. After Virtue. London: Duckworth, 1981: 204-225.
31. Disability Discrimination Act, 1995. London: HMSO.
32. As proposed by the World Health Organization, International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps, WHO, Geneva, 1993 (first published, 1980).
33. See reference 7.