HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Umbrella Term
23 Nov 2018
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Lecture 1: concepts of health, illness and disability part 2. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity : the definition has not been modified since 1946. Impairment: any loss or abnormality of a psychological, or anatomical structure or function . Concerned with the disadvantages experienced by the individual as a result of impairments and disabilities; handicaps thus reflect interaction with and adaptation to the individual"s surroundings. : who 1980. Possible parallels between the impairment, disability & handicap triad, and the disease, illness and sickness triad. Umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations or participation restrictions. It denotes the negative aspects of the interaction between a person"s health condition(s) and that individual"s contextual factors (environmental and personal factors). : international classification of functioning, disability and health. International classification of impairments, disabilities, and handicaps (1cidh, 1980) becomes. To see if you can be available for financial aid.
