The mind-body dichotomy reified: an illustrative case.
Cartesian dualism, the splitting of human existence into mind versus body, is at times reified with unfortunate consequences. The authors report a case in which a social policy formulation based on such diagnostic dualism resulted in the denial of health-related facility placement to a patient. They argue that this denial was prejudicial and illogical and that benefits should be related to a functional disability rather than to diagnosis.
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