Résumé :
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In Reconciling the Capability Approach and the ICF, Jerome Bickenbach asks for caution in "this head-to-head comparison" and attempts, first, to clarify what the CA and the ICF are and are not and, second, to reconcile the CA and the ICF. This is a difficult task as ICF is both a model and a classification, and as there is not a single treatment of disability from the perspective of the CA. Bickenbach's literature review spans a very broad territory. He starts with a careful and comprehensive account of the CA and its applications to define disability. Although the literature has been mostly focused on applying Sen's version of the CA, Bickenbach also presents Nussbaum's version. In addition, Bickenbach goes over uses of the CA to define health, and he rightfully points out that authors focused on disability have not engaged with the definition of health. Bickenbach's main argument is that the ICF has been misunderstood. I will thus start with what the ICF is and how is has been used so far, then take up Bickenbach's reactions to the major criticisms of the ICF that he identifies in the CA literature. Finally, I will react to Bickenbach's proposal for a reconciliation.(Résumé d'auteur)
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