Hello everyone
The response by Steve (below) to the question of medical model definitions
did make me smile. Not because its funny but because it is bold. It did get
me thinking about how similar medical interactions are to the relationships
mechanics (both professional and amateur) with cars. I am sure that I am
not the only person to think of metaphors and analogies that can be made
regarding the function and performance reliability, bodywork, power, look,
and price of a car as compared to a person.
I was thinking about the way people evaluate damaged cars - those that have
been in accidents - according to how much it will cost to fix. The analogy
gets scary when you think of what happens next. The car either gets
repaired or it gets "written off". If the cost of fixing is more than the
value or worth of the car, the car is discarded. For those of you with
cars you will know that you pay a lot of money each year to an Insurance
company in case your car is damaged. They pay for the repairs. Same as
health insurance right? But in the case of the car being written off, the
Insurance will cover the replacement cost. That made me ponder this
idea. Will it ever be possible to insure oneself against the possibility
of giving birth to a child that is "written off" - where the cost of fixing
it is higher than its objective value or worth? Could it ever happen that
Insurance companies sell such policies. Or do they already?
At 17:05 14/12/2000 +0000, Steve wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
> > Can anyone provide me with a medical model definition of 'disability' and
> > the reference details.
> > Many thanks,
> > Andrew Michael
> > NPTCBC.
>
>For medical 'model' definition of 'disability' read: defective, abnormal,
>broken, tainted, diseased, soiled, unclean, afflicted, infectious, unknown,
>dangerous, unwholesome, incomplete, difficult, depressing, worthless,
>invalid, in urgent need of inspection, study, debate, experiment, repair,
>cure, fix and normalisation - if this is not possible then any or all of the
>following: institutionalise, hide, separate, exclude, display, pathologise,
>label, patronise, pity, feed and water, drug, dump, amputate, discard, burn
>or otherwise terminate (preferably at birth). References: anywhere and
>everywhere, all around and about us like the very air we breathe, far too
>numerous to mention.
>
>HTH
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve
>
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