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10 - Chronic Pain As a Challenge for Disability Theory and Policy

from Part III - Disability in the Clinical Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2020

I. Glenn Cohen
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
Carmel Shachar
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
Anita Silvers
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University
Michael Ashley Stein
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
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This chapter argues that chronic pain (CP) represents an important and neglected type of disability. CP has important similarities to more familiar physical disabilities, but it cannot be regarded as a “mere difference,” and it fits uncomfortably under standard social models. The case of CP illustrates the need for flexibility in the definition of and social response to disability.

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Print publication year: 2020

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