NRS 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Therapeutic Relationship, Disability-Adjusted Life Year, Intellectual Disability

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18 Dec 2015
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Chapter looks at differences between two dominant discourses:: disability as an individual pathology , disability as a social pathology! Disability as an individual pathology- includes biomedical and functional accounts of disability! Both of these see disability as individual"s pathology and combines it with illness! Social pathology perspective -includes environmental and human rights approach ! Locates disability within the context of broader social system at the level of societies inability/ in exibility to adapt to a person"s different needs ex workplace policies, ramps\! Therefore disability is sen as a social disadvantage! In canada there are higher rates of disability in some provinces! Pain, discomfort mobility and agility were mot frequently reported! Equally important: effects of social inclusion, education and health care services on health status of ppl w/ disabilities ! Biomedical and functional models approach disability as a eld of professional knowledge and expertise-positivist, scienti c paradigm! Focuses on prevention of disability resulting from biological and environmental conditions!

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