On disability and illness: A reply to Edwards

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Nordenfelt, Lennart ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Definition of heath; Disability; Disease; Edwards; Illness; Injury

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032788047     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009953617415     Document Type: Review

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