Philosophical Reflections on Disability

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ralston, D. Christopher. (Editor), Ho, Justin Hubert. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 104
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Ethics.; medicine > Philosophy.; Political science > Philosophy.; Quality of Life.; Medical ethics.; Quality of Life > Research.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Political Philosophy.; Quality of Life Research.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2477-0

This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of competing philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such, the volume goes on to address such the...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• List of contributors
• Introduction
• Part I Concepts and Theories of Disability
• Part II Disability, Quality of Life, and Bioethics
• Part III Disability, Social Justice, and Public Policy
• Part IV Personal Voices
• Index.