The Body With Deficiency: A Study on Health Models

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Nathália Alonso
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Borges, Grasiely Faccin
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/2248
• topic: Human Body; People With Deficiency; Social Justice; Body Image; Vulnerability.; Corpo Humano; Pessoas com Deficiência; Justiça social; Imagem corporal; Vunerabilidade.; .

Contemporary society expresses its aesthetic standards by giving emphasis to the physical valorization of the human being and by interfering in the individual’s sociability. Alterations in the body with deficiency are stigmatized as signs of weakness and sickness. The physician has to treat the body as the sole cause of disease, discarding social structures such as oppression and marginalization. This results in two models that are antagonistic to the deficiency aspect. According to the biopsychosocial model, functionality and incapability depend on the interaction of biological, psychological and social factors that determine the person’s activity and participation. Current analysis investigated the relationship of the body with deficiency and compared it with health models. A review of the literature and a bibliographical search in electronic databases National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE/PubMed), Scielo and SPORTDiscus, the following keywords were employed: Human Body; Disabled Persons; Social Justice; Body Image; Vulnerability. Body difference in deficiency gives a higher value to the body and makes it always present. In the literature, model transition is evident. In fact, all models have positive factors and gaps. Comprehending in which health model the body with deficiency is situated may directly affect practices and future investigations on the theme so that social equity could be materialized.