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Concepts of disablement in documents guiding physical therapy practice.
Full Abstract
PURPOSE:
To describe disability concepts used within documents guiding physical therapist practice.
METHODS:
Content analysis was performed on the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, second edition; A Normative Model of Physical Therapist Professional Education, version 2000; APTA House of Delegates Standards, Policies, Positions and Guidelines; APTA Board of Directors Policies, Positions and Guidelines; The Model Practice Act for Physical Therapy and The Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Using a word sense framework, text-in-context lists were compiled, from which contextual themes and counts for all occurrences of disability terms were developed.
RESULTS:
Across documents, contextual themes with number of occurrences were:
disability as role performance limitations within specific contexts:
819; disability resulting from health status:
39, disability law:
29; and rights of individuals with disabilities:
25.
CONCLUSIONS:
Documents guiding physical therapist practice commonly conceptualize disability as individual limitations within specific contexts and infrequently conceptualize disability as a societal phenomenon affecting persons across most settings and circumstances. It is believed that a concept of disability that is more inclusive of broad, as well as specific, contexts of disability may lead to improved physical therapy management for individuals with a wide range of performance capacities.
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Author information
Author/s: Raman, S (S); Levi, S J (SJ);
Affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy (M/C 898), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Disability and rehabilitation (Disabil Rehabil), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 24 (issue 15) : pp 790-7
Dates: Created 2002/11/19; Completed 2003/03/13; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12437865, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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