October 2023

Personal factors in rehabilitation

First published: October 21, 2023 Last updated: March 22, 2025 Personal factors (WHO ICF) are an invalid construct. They cannot exist separate from the person as independent influential factors. The person has characteristics, which vary according to the person’s role at the time. The World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Impairment, Disability and Handicap, published […]

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Healthcare theory

First published: October 16, 2023 Last updated: October 17, 2025 What theory underlies the delivery of healthcare? The design of hospitals, services, policies, and almost every other aspect of healthcare in the UK occurs without reference to any theories. Yet, as Priscilla Alderson stressed in 1998, theories are crucial: “… theories are at the heart

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