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Who Is Normal? - Who Is Handicapped?:an Ethical Approach To The Concepts
Şahin Aksoy*
* Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, ŞanlIurfa
Disabled, handicapped, abnormal are concepts used in professional and daily life routinly but paying no attention to their actual meaning. In this article it is tried to explore the conceptual meaning of these terms by taking examples from daily life and medical practice. This study has shown that 'healthy'-'handicapped' and 'normal'-'abnormal' are relative terms, that their meaning can vary from person to person and society to society. It is also discussed in the article that the way the handicapped people perceive life is very closely related how they were treated in the society by the 'healthy'. It is also examined how an ideal society and a civilised person should behave in respect to less lucky individuals of the society.Keywords: Handicapped, Disabled, NormalityT Klin J Med Ethics 1999, 7:12-16
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