Is there a coherent social conception of disability?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Harris, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Discrimination; Handicap; Impairment; Social deprivation; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; AUTONOMY; DISADVANTAGED; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; MORAL POLICY; PHYSICALLY DISABLED; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL WORTH;

DEAFNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; VALUE OF LIFE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0034128308     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.26.2.95     Document Type: Article

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