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
- Introduction to Part I
- 1 Disability, Health, and Normal Function
- 2 Healthcare As Eugenics
- 3 Epistemic Injustice, Disability Stigma, and Public Health Law
- Part II Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
- Part III Disability in the Clinical Setting
- Part IV Equality, Expertise, and Access
- Part V Disability, Intersectionality, and Social Movements
- Part VI Quantifying Disability
2 - Healthcare As Eugenics
from Part I - Disability: Definitions and Theories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2020
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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
- Introduction to Part I
- 1 Disability, Health, and Normal Function
- 2 Healthcare As Eugenics
- 3 Epistemic Injustice, Disability Stigma, and Public Health Law
- Part II Disability in the Beginning and the End of Life
- Part III Disability in the Clinical Setting
- Part IV Equality, Expertise, and Access
- Part V Disability, Intersectionality, and Social Movements
- Part VI Quantifying Disability
Summary
In his classic work Just Healthcare, Norman Daniels speaks about the role of healthcare institutions in supporting fair equality of opportunity: such institutions seek to prevent, restore, and compensate for loss of “normal species functioning.” Daniels understands “normal species functioning” as functioning without disease. He assumes that individuals whose normal functioning cannot be restored are outside the normal opportunity range and have severe physical or mental disabilities. Healthcare institutions that provide supportive care to these individuals fall outside the bounds of justice.
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