doi: 10.1007/s10728-007-0070-8.
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Conceptualising health: insights from the capability approach
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Conceptualising health: insights from the capability approach
Health Care Anal.
2008 Dec.
Abstract
This paper suggests the adoption of a 'capability approach' to key concepts in healthcare. Recent developments in theoretical approaches to concepts such as 'health' and 'disease' are discussed, and a trend identified of thinking of health as a matter of having the capability to cope with life's demands. This approach is contrasted with the WHO definition of health and Boorse's biostatistical account. We outline the 'capability approach', which has become standard in development ethics and economics, and show how existing work in those areas can profitably be adapted to healthcare. Cases are used to illustrate the value of adopting a capability approach.
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