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DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
Volume 29, Issue 20-21, Pages 1604-1615Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701618794
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Good Lives Model; rehabilitation theory; primary goods; client-centred rehabilitation
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Aims of the paper. The aim of this paper was to introduce the Good Lives Model, originally developed for offender rehabilitation, to the clinical rehabilitation community. We argue that this model has considerable promise, both as a 'thinking tool' and as an integrative framework emphasizing the centrality of the person in clinical and community rehabilitation for complex and chronic health conditions. Key findings and implications. The essential features of a good rehabilitation theory are first outlined. These are the general principles and assumptions that underpin a theory, the aetiological assumptions and the intervention implications. The Good Lives Model for clinical rehabilitation is then described in terms of these three components of a good rehabilitation theory. Conclusions and recommendations. The Good Lives Model has considerable promise as a tool for integrating many diverse aspects of current best practice in rehabilitation while maintaining the individual client as the central focus. At the same time it is provisional and further theoretical development and empirical support is required.
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