Book contents
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Disability: Definitions and Theories
- Part II Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
- Part III Disability in the Clinical Setting
- Introduction to Part III
- 7 Expressing Respect for People with Disabilities in Medical Practice
- 8 Disabled Bodies and Good Organs
- 9 Humanizing Clinical Care for Patients with Disabilities
- 10 Chronic Pain As a Challenge for Disability Theory and Policy
- Part IV Equality, Expertise, and Access
- Part V Disability, Intersectionality, and Social Movements
- Part VI Quantifying Disability
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
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Disability: Definitions and Theories
- Part II Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
- Part III Disability in the Clinical Setting
- Introduction to Part III
- 7 Expressing Respect for People with Disabilities in Medical Practice
- 8 Disabled Bodies and Good Organs
- 9 Humanizing Clinical Care for Patients with Disabilities
- 10 Chronic Pain As a Challenge for Disability Theory and Policy
- Part IV Equality, Expertise, and Access
- Part V Disability, Intersectionality, and Social Movements
- Part VI Quantifying Disability
Summary
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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- Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics , pp. 129 - 140Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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