Table I

Review of models of disability (MD)

ModelSourceBasic understanding
EthicalGoffman (1963), Imrie (1997), Barnes and Mercer (2004), Best (2010) Disability as stigma
Medical, BiomedicalParsons (1951), Hahn (1986), Bickenbach (1993), ICF (2002), Gaines (2004) Disability as functional loss
Individual (medical)Priestley (1998) Disability as functional loss
MinorityBickenbach (1993), Hahn (1986) Disability as an oppressed minority
Individual idealistPriestley (1998) Disability as a stigma
SocialOliver (1990, 1996), ICF (2002), Hughes and Paterson (1997), Gaines (2004) Disability as a product of a disabling environment
Social materialistPriestley (1998) Disability as a product of a disabling environment
Social idealist (constructionist)Priestley (1998) Disability as cultural representation
Geographical, geospatialGaines (2004), Zajadacz (2014), Zajadacz and Śniadek (2014) Disability as spatial exclusion
EconomicHahn (1986), Bickenbach (1993) Disability as a socio-economic issue (work)
Biopsychosocial modelICF (2002) The synthesis (medical and social model), a coherent view of different perspectives of health: biological, individual and social

Sources: ICF (2002); Buhalis and Darcy (2011); Forrester and Davis (2011); Zajadacz and Śniadek (2014) 

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