@article {Harris95, author = {John Harris}, title = {Is there a coherent social conception of disability?}, volume = {26}, number = {2}, pages = {95--100}, year = {2000}, doi = {10.1136/jme.26.2.95}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {Is there such a thing as a social conception of disability? Recently two writers in this journal have suggested not only that there is a coherent social conception of disability but that all non-social conceptions, or {\textquotedblleft}medical models{\textquotedblright} of disability are fatally flawed. One serious and worrying dimension of their claims is that once the social dimensions of disability have been resolved no seriously {\textquotedblleft}disabling{\textquotedblright} features remain. This paper examines and rejects conceptions of disability based on social factors but notes that physical and mental conditions which disadvantage the individual have social dimensions.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/26/2/95}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/26/2/95.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }