On the Notion of Health as Ability
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Vol. 3 (3) , 101-105
- https://doi.org/10.3109/11038129609106692
Abstract
In this paper an outline of a theory of health based on the notion of ability is presented. A person's health is defined as his or her second-order ability to realize vital goals given standard or otherwise reasonable circumstances. The crucial concepts: vital goal, standard circumstance and second-order ability, are characterized in the paper. Special emphasis is laid upon the third concept, second-order ability, which is of particular importance for the theory of rehabilitation.Keywords
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